Measurement of the Top Quark Mass in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions Using Events with Two Leptons

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass in $p \bar{p}$ Collisions Using Events with Two Leptons
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Release: 2012
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We present a measurement of the top quark mass (m{sub t}) in p{bar p} collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV using t{bar t} events with two leptons (ee, e? or??) in the final state in 4.3 fb−1 of data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. We analyze the kinematically underconstrained dilepton events by integrating over the neutrino rapidity distributions. We reduce the dominant systematic uncertainties from jet energy calibration using a correction obtained from t{bar t} → l + jets events. We also correct jets in simulated events to replicate the quark flavor dependence of the jet response in data. In combination with our previous analysis, we measure m{sub t} = 174.0 ± 2.4(stat) ± 1.4(syst) GeV.

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass Using Charged Particles in Pp Collisions at {u221A}s

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass Using Charged Particles in Pp Collisions at {u221A}s
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A novel technique for measuring the mass of the top quark that uses only the kinematic properties of its charged decay products is presented. Top quark pair events with final states with one or two charged leptons and hadronic jets are selected from the data set of 8 TeV proton-proton collisions, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb-1. By reconstructing secondary vertices inside the selected jets and computing the invariant mass of the system formed by the secondary vertex and an isolated lepton, an observable is constructed that is sensitive to the top quark mass that is expected to be robust against the energy scale of hadronic jets. The main theoretical systematic uncertainties, concerning the modeling of the fragmentation and hadronization of b quarks and the reconstruction of secondary vertices from the decays of b hadrons, are studied. A top quark mass of 173.68±0.20(stat)-0.97+1.58(syst) GeV is measured. Furthermore, the overall systematic uncertainty is dominated by the uncertainty in the b quark fragmentation and the modeling of kinematic properties of the top quark.

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass with the Dynamical Likelihood Method Using Lepton Plus Jets Events with B-tags in P Anti-p Collisions at S**1/2

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass with the Dynamical Likelihood Method Using Lepton Plus Jets Events with B-tags in P Anti-p Collisions at S**1/2
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Total Pages: 66
Release: 2005
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This report describes a measurement of the top quark mass, M{sub top}, with the dynamical likelihood method (DLM) using the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. The Tevatron produces top/anti-top (t{bar t}) pairs in p{bar p} collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. The data sample used in this analysis was accumulated from March 2002 through August 2004, which corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 318 pb−1. They use the t{bar t} candidates in the ''lepton+jets'' decay channel, requiring at least one jet identified as a b quark by finding an displaced secondary vertex. The DLM defines a likelihood for each event based on the differential cross section as a function of M{sub top} per unit phase space volume of the final partons, multiplied by the transfer functions from jet to parton energies. The method takes into account all possible jet combinations in an event, and the likelihood is multiplied event by event to derive the top quark mass by the maximum likelihood method. Using 63 t{bar t} candidates observed in the data, with 9.2 events expected from background, they measure the top quark mass to be 173.2{sub -2.4}{sup +2.6}(stat.) ± 3.2(syst.) GeV/c2, or 173.2{sub -4.0}{sup +4.1} GeV/c2.

Top Quark Pair Production

Top Quark Pair Production
Author: Anna Christine Henrichs
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2013-10-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319014870

Before any kind of new physics discovery could be made at the LHC, a precise understanding and measurement of the Standard Model of particle physics' processes was necessary. The book provides an introduction to top quark production in the context of the Standard Model and presents two such precise measurements of the production of top quark pairs in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV that were observed with the ATLAS Experiment at the LHC. The presented measurements focus on events with one charged lepton, missing transverse energy and jets. Using novel and advanced analysis techniques as well as a good understanding of the detector, they constitute the most precise measurements of the quantity at that time.

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass in P Anti-p Collisions at S**1/2

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass in P Anti-p Collisions at S**1/2
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Total Pages: 23
Release: 2006
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We report the first measurement of the top quark mass using the decay length technique in p{bar p} collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. This technique uses the measured flight distance of the b hadron to infer the mass of the top quark in lepton plus jets events with missing transverse energy. It relies solely on tracking and avoids the jet energy scale uncertainty that is common to all other methods used so far. We apply our novel method to a 695 pb−1 data sample recorded by the CDF II detector at Fermilab and extract a measurement of m{sub t} = 180.7{sub -13.4}{sup +15.5}(stat.) ± 8.6 (syst.) GeV/c2. While the uncertainty of this result is larger than that of other measurements, the dominant uncertainties in the decay length technique are uncorrelated with those in other methods. This result can help reduce the overall uncertainty when combined with other existing measurements of the top quark mass.

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass at CDF II.

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass at CDF II.
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Total Pages: 194
Release: 2005
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The authors describe a measurement of the top quark mass using events with two charged leptons collected by the CDF II Detector from p$ar{p}$ collisions with √s = 1.96 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron. The posterior probability distribution of the top quark pole mass is calculated using the differential cross-section for the t$ar{t}$ production and decay expressed with respect to observed leptons and jets momenta. The presence of background events in the collected sample is modeled using calculations of the differential cross-sections for major background processes. This measurement represents the first application of this method to events with two charged leptons. In a data sample with integrated luminosity of 340 pb-1, they observe 33 candidate events and measure Mtop = 165.2 ± 61.stat ± 3.4syst GeV/c2.

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass Using Template Methods on Dilepton Events in P Anti-p Collisions at S**1/2

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass Using Template Methods on Dilepton Events in P Anti-p Collisions at S**1/2
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Total Pages: 52
Release: 2006
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The authors describe a measurement of the top quark mass from events produced in p{bar p} collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV, using the Collider Detector at Fermilab. They identify t{bar t} candidates where both W bosons from the top quarks decay into leptons (e[nu], [mu][nu], or [tau][nu]) from a data sample of 360 pb−1. The top quark mass is reconstructed in each event separately by three different methods, which draw upon simulated distributions of the neutrino pseudorapidity, t{bar t} longitudinal momentum, or neutrino azimuthal angle in order to extract probability distributions for the top quark mass. For each method, representative mass distributions, or templates, are constructed from simulated samples of signal and background events, and parameterized to form continuous probability density functions. A likelihood fit incorporating these parameterized templates is then performed on the data sample masses in order to derive a final top quark mass. Combining the three template methods, taking into account correlations in their statistical and systematic uncertainties, results in a top quark mass measurement of 170.1 ± 6.0(stat.) ± 4.1(syst.) GeV/c2.

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass in P Anti-p Collisions at S**ư

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass in P Anti-p Collisions at S**ư
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Total Pages: 23
Release: 2006
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We report the first measurement of the top quark mass using the decay length technique in p{bar p} collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. This technique uses the measured flight distance of the b hadron to infer the mass of the top quark in lepton plus jets events with missing transverse energy. It relies solely on tracking and avoids the jet energy scale uncertainty that is common to all other methods used so far. We apply our novel method to a 695 pb−1 data sample recorded by the CDF II detector at Fermilab and extract a measurement of m{sub t} = 180.7{sub -13.4}{sup +15.5}(stat.) ± 8.6 (syst.) GeV/c2. While the uncertainty of this result is larger than that of other measurements, the dominant uncertainties in the decay length technique are uncorrelated with those in other methods. This result can help reduce the overall uncertainty when combined with other existing measurements of the top quark mass.

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass by Dynamical Likelihood Method Using the Lepton Plus Jets Events in 1.96 Tev Proton-Antiproton Collisions

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass by Dynamical Likelihood Method Using the Lepton Plus Jets Events in 1.96 Tev Proton-Antiproton Collisions
Author: Kohei Yorita
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Total Pages: 134
Release: 2005
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We have measured the top quark mass with the dynamical likelihood method (DLM) using the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. The Tevatron produces top and anti-top pairs in pp collisions at a center of mass energy of 1.96 TeV. The data sample used in this paper was accumulated from March 2002 through August 2003 which corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 162 pb-1.