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Measurement of the top quark mass in the tt¯? lepton+jets and tt¯? dilepton channels using vs=7 TeV ATLAS data

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posted on 2023-06-09, 05:58 authored by Benedict AllbrookeBenedict Allbrooke, Lily AsquithLily Asquith, Alessandro CerriAlessandro Cerri, C A Chavez Barajas, Antonella De SantoAntonella De Santo, Fabrizio SalvatoreFabrizio Salvatore, I Santoyo Castillo, K Suruliz, Mark SuttonMark Sutton, Iacopo Vivarelli, et al. The ATLAS Collaboration
The top quark mass was measured in the channels tt¯ ? lepton+jets and tt¯ ? dilepton (lepton = e,µ) based on ATLAS data recorded in 2011. The data were taken at the LHC with a proton–proton centre-of-mass energy of vs=7 TeV and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.6 fb-1. The tt¯ ? lepton+jets analysis uses a three-dimensional template technique which determines the top quark mass together with a global jet energy scale factor (JSF), and a relative b-to-light-jet energy scale factor (bJSF), where the terms b-jets and light-jets refer to jets originating from b-quarks and u, d, c, s-quarks or gluons, respectively. The analysis of the tt¯ ? dilepton channel exploits a one-dimensional template method using the m_b observable, defined as the average invariant mass of the two lepton+b-jet pairs in each event. The top quark mass is measured to be 172.33±0.75(stat + JSF + bJSF)± 1.02(syst) GeV, and 173.79 ± 0.54(stat) ± 1.30(syst) GeV in the tt¯ ? lepton+jets and tt¯ ? dilepton channels, respectively. The combination of the two results yields mtop = 172.99 ± 0.48(stat) ± 0.78(syst) GeV, with a total uncertainty of 0.91 GeV.

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ATLAS; G0275; STFC-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL; ST/I006048/1

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European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields

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1434-6044

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EDP Sciences

Issue

330

Volume

75

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  • Physics and Astronomy Publications

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  • Experimental Particle Physics Research Group Publications

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2017-04-27

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2017-04-27

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2017-04-27

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