Measurement of top quark pair differential cross-sections in the dilepton channel in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 and 8 TeV with ATLAS

CERN-LHC. Measurements of normalized differential cross-sections of top quark pair ($t\bar t$) production are presented as a function of the mass, the transverse momentum and the rapidity of the $t\bar t$ system in proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV and 8 TeV. The dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 4.6 fb$^{-1}$ at 7 TeV and 20.2 fb$^{-1}$ at 8 TeV, recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Events with top quark pair signatures are selected in the dilepton final state, requiring exactly two charged leptons and at least two jets with at least one of the jets identified as likely to contain a $b$-hadron. The measured distributions are corrected for detector effects and selection efficiency to cross-sections at the parton level. The differential cross-sections are compared with different Monte Carlo generators and theoretical calculations of $t\bar t$ production. The results are consistent with the majority of predictions in a wide kinematic range.

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Keywords
  • cmenergies: 7000.0-7000.0
  • observables: DSIG/DABSY
  • observables: DSIG/DM
  • observables: DSIG/DPT
  • Differential Cross Section
  • Top
  • Top Production
  • Transverse Momentum Dependence
  • Inclusive
  • Proton-Proton Scattering
  • P P --> TOP TOPBAR X
Defined In https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.092003
Author Morad Aaboud
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Georges Aad
Brad Abbott
Jalal Abdallah
Ovsat Abdinov
Baptiste Abeloos
Rosemarie Aben
Ossama AbouZeid
Nicola Abraham
Halina Abramowicz
Repository Name INSPIRE-HEP
Source Creation February 17, 2025
Source Modified March 26, 2025
Language English
Publication Year 2017-03-15