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\section{Background estimation}\label{sect:background}  There are 2 processes that contribute the most to the background signal. The first is a Drel-Yan Drell-Yan  decay of the form $Z \rightarrow \mu^+ \mu^- b \overline{b}$ 

$t \overline{t} \rightarrow W^+ W^- b \overline{b} \rightarrow \mu^+ \mu^- b \overline{b} \nu \overline{\nu}$  While these two contribute the most to the background signal, there are 6 other proceses which have signatures that can resemble the target decay after taking into consideration fakes and mismeasurements. Those processes are:  list backgrounds  there are 8 processes that produce the target signature