Measurement of the tt¯ production cross-section and lepton differential distributions in eμ dilepton events from pp collisions at √s = 13TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Measurement of the tt¯ production cross-section and lepton differential distributions in eμ dilepton events from pp collisions at √s = 13TeV with the ATLAS detector

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The inclusive top quark pair (tt¯) production cross-section σ_t_t¯ has been measured in proton–proton collisions at √s = 13TeV, using 36.1 fb^-1 of data collected in 2015–2016 by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Using events with an opposite-charge eμ pair and b-tagged jets, the cross-section is measured to be: σ_tt¯= 826.4 ± 3.6(stat) ± 11.5(syst) ± 15.7(lumi) ± 1.9(beam)pb, where the uncertainties reflect the limited size of the data sample, experimental and theoretical systematic effects, the integrated luminosity, and the LHC beam energy, giving a total uncertainty of 2.4%. The result is consistent with theoretical QCD calculations at next-to-next-to-leading order. It is used to determine the top quark pole mass via the dependence of the predicted cross-section on m_t^pole, giving m_t^pole = 173.1_-2.1^+2.0GeV. It is also combined with measurements at √s = 7 TeV and √s = 8 TeV to derive ratios and double ratios of tt¯ and Z cross-sections at different energies. The same event sample is used to measure absolute and normalised differential cross-sections as functions of single-lepton and dilepton kinematic variables, and the results are compared with predictions from various Monte Carlo event generators.

Original language	English
Article number	528
Pages (from-to)	1-70
Number of pages	70
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	80
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-7907-9
Publication status	Published - Jun 2020
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AU - Abidi, S. H.

AU - AbouZeid, O. S.

AU - Abraham, N. L.

AU - Abramowicz, H.

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AU - Abulaiti, Y.

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AU - Adorni, S.

AU - Adye, T.

AU - Affolder, A. A.

AU - Afik, Y.

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AU - Agaras, M. N.

AU - Aggarwal, A.

AU - Agheorghiesei, C.

AU - Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A.

AU - Ahmadov, F.

AU - Ahmed, W. S.

AU - Ai, X.

AU - Aielli, G.

AU - Akatsuka, S.

AU - Åkesson, T. P.A.

AU - Akilli, E.

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AU - Khoury, K. Al

AU - Alberghi, G. L.

AU - Albert, J.

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AU - Allaire, C.

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AU - Anders, C. F.

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AU - Antipov, E.

AU - Antonelli, M.

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AU - Bella, L. Aperio

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AU - Arguin, J. F.

AU - Argyropoulos, S.

AU - Arling, J. H.

AU - Armbruster, A. J.

AU - Armstrong, A.

AU - Arnaez, O.

AU - Arnold, H.

AU - Tame, Z. P.Arrubarrena

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AU - Artz, S.

AU - Asai, S.

AU - Asbah, N.

AU - Asimakopoulou, E. M.

AU - Asquith, L.

AU - Assahsah, J.

AU - Assamagan, K.

AU - Astalos, R.

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AU - Atkinson, M.

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AU - Atmani, H.

AU - Augsten, K.

AU - Avolio, G.

AU - Avramidou, R.

AU - Ayoub, M. K.

AU - Azoulay, A. M.

AU - Azuelos, G.

AU - Bachacou, H.

AU - Bachas, K.

AU - Backes, M.

AU - Backman, F.

AU - Bagnaia, P.

AU - Bahmani, M.

AU - Bahrasemani, H.

AU - Bailey, A. J.

AU - Bailey, V. R.

AU - Baines, J. T.

AU - Bajic, M.

AU - Bakalis, C.

AU - Baker, O. K.

AU - Bakker, P. J.

AU - Gupta, D. Bakshi

AU - Balaji, S.

AU - Baldin, E. M.

AU - Balek, P.

AU - Balli, F.

AU - Balunas, W. K.

AU - Balz, J.

AU - Banas, E.

AU - Bandyopadhyay, A.

AU - Banerjee, Sw

AU - Bannoura, A. A.E.

AU - Barak, L.

AU - Barbe, W. M.

AU - Barberio, E. L.

AU - Barberis, D.

AU - Barbero, M.

AU - Barbour, G.

AU - Barillari, T.

AU - Barisits, M. S.

AU - Barkeloo, J.

AU - Barklow, T.

AU - Barnea, R.

AU - Barnes, S. L.

AU - Barnett, B. M.

AU - Barnett, R. M.

AU - Barnovska-Blenessy, Z.

AU - Baroncelli, A.

AU - Barone, G.

AU - Barr, A. J.

AU - Navarro, L. Barranco

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AU - Beck, H. C.

AU - Beck, H. P.

AU - Becker, K.

AU - Becker, M.

AU - Becot, C.

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AU - Bednyakov, V. A.

AU - Bedognetti, M.

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AU - Begalli, M.

AU - Begel, M.

AU - Behera, A.

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AU - Beisiegel, F.

AU - Bell, A. S.

AU - Bella, G.

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AU - Bellerive, A.

AU - Bellos, P.

AU - Beloborodov, K.

AU - Belotskiy, K.

AU - Belyaev, N. L.

AU - Benchekroun, D.

AU - Benekos, N.

AU - Benhammou, Y.

AU - Benjamin, D. P.

AU - Benoit, M.

AU - Bensinger, J. R.

AU - Bentvelsen, S.

AU - Beresford, L.

AU - Beretta, M.

AU - Berge, D.

AU - Kuutmann, E. Bergeaas

AU - Berger, N.

AU - Bergmann, B.

AU - Bergsten, L. J.

AU - Beringer, J.

AU - Berlendis, S.

AU - Bernardi, G.

AU - Bernius, C.

AU - Bernlochner, F. U.

AU - Berry, T.

AU - Berta, P.

AU - Bertella, C.

AU - Bertram, I. A.

AU - Bylund, O. Bessidskaia

AU - Besson, N.

AU - Bethani, A.

AU - Shojaii, J.

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N2 - The inclusive top quark pair (tt¯) production cross-section σtt¯ has been measured in proton–proton collisions at √s = 13TeV, using 36.1 fb-1 of data collected in 2015–2016 by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Using events with an opposite-charge eμ pair and b-tagged jets, the cross-section is measured to be: σtt¯= 826.4 ± 3.6(stat) ± 11.5(syst) ± 15.7(lumi) ± 1.9(beam)pb, where the uncertainties reflect the limited size of the data sample, experimental and theoretical systematic effects, the integrated luminosity, and the LHC beam energy, giving a total uncertainty of 2.4%. The result is consistent with theoretical QCD calculations at next-to-next-to-leading order. It is used to determine the top quark pole mass via the dependence of the predicted cross-section on mtpole, giving mtpole = 173.1-2.1+2.0 GeV. It is also combined with measurements at √s = 7 TeV and √s = 8 TeV to derive ratios and double ratios of tt¯ and Z cross-sections at different energies. The same event sample is used to measure absolute and normalised differential cross-sections as functions of single-lepton and dilepton kinematic variables, and the results are compared with predictions from various Monte Carlo event generators.

AB - The inclusive top quark pair (tt¯) production cross-section σtt¯ has been measured in proton–proton collisions at √s = 13TeV, using 36.1 fb-1 of data collected in 2015–2016 by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Using events with an opposite-charge eμ pair and b-tagged jets, the cross-section is measured to be: σtt¯= 826.4 ± 3.6(stat) ± 11.5(syst) ± 15.7(lumi) ± 1.9(beam)pb, where the uncertainties reflect the limited size of the data sample, experimental and theoretical systematic effects, the integrated luminosity, and the LHC beam energy, giving a total uncertainty of 2.4%. The result is consistent with theoretical QCD calculations at next-to-next-to-leading order. It is used to determine the top quark pole mass via the dependence of the predicted cross-section on mtpole, giving mtpole = 173.1-2.1+2.0 GeV. It is also combined with measurements at √s = 7 TeV and √s = 8 TeV to derive ratios and double ratios of tt¯ and Z cross-sections at different energies. The same event sample is used to measure absolute and normalised differential cross-sections as functions of single-lepton and dilepton kinematic variables, and the results are compared with predictions from various Monte Carlo event generators.

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Measurement of the tt¯ production cross-section and lepton differential distributions in eμ dilepton events from pp collisions at √s = 13TeV with the ATLAS detector

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