Measurement of the charge asymmetry in highly boosted top-quark pair production in √s = 8 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment
In the pp → tt ̄ process the angular distributions of top and anti-top quarks are expected to present a subtle difference, which could be enhanced by processes not included in the Standard Model. This Letter presents a measurement of the charge asymmetry in events where the top-quark pair is produce...
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| Keyword: | Ciencias Exactas Física charge asymmetry highly boosted top-quark pair production pp collision data |
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| author | Alconada Verzini, María Josefina |
| author2 | Alonso, Francisco Arduh, Francisco Anuar Dova, María Teresa Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo The ATLAS Collaboration |
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| author_browse | Alconada Verzini, María Josefina Alonso, Francisco Arduh, Francisco Anuar Dova, María Teresa Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel The ATLAS Collaboration Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo |
| author_facet | Alconada Verzini, María Josefina Alonso, Francisco Arduh, Francisco Anuar Dova, María Teresa Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo The ATLAS Collaboration |
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| description | In the pp → tt ̄ process the angular distributions of top and anti-top quarks are expected to present a subtle difference, which could be enhanced by processes not included in the Standard Model. This Letter presents a measurement of the charge asymmetry in events where the top-quark pair is produced with a large invariant mass. The analysis is performed on 20.3 fb−1 of pp collision data at √s = 8 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, using reconstruction techniques specifically designed for the decay topology of highly boosted top quarks. The charge asymmetry in a fiducial region with large invariant mass of the top-quark pair (mtt ̄ > 0.75 TeV) and an absolute rapidity difference of the top and anti-top quark candidates within −2 < |yt| − |yt ̄| < 2 is measured to be 4.2 ± 3.2%, in agreement with the Standard Model prediction at next-to-leading order. A differential measurement in three tt ̄ mass bins is also presented. |
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| spelling | Measurement of the charge asymmetry in highly boosted top-quark pair production in √s = 8 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment Alconada Verzini, María Josefina Alonso, Francisco Arduh, Francisco Anuar Dova, María Teresa Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo The ATLAS Collaboration Ciencias Exactas Física charge asymmetry highly boosted top-quark pair production pp collision data In the pp → tt ̄ process the angular distributions of top and anti-top quarks are expected to present a subtle difference, which could be enhanced by processes not included in the Standard Model. This Letter presents a measurement of the charge asymmetry in events where the top-quark pair is produced with a large invariant mass. The analysis is performed on 20.3 fb−1 of pp collision data at √s = 8 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, using reconstruction techniques specifically designed for the decay topology of highly boosted top quarks. The charge asymmetry in a fiducial region with large invariant mass of the top-quark pair (mtt ̄ > 0.75 TeV) and an absolute rapidity difference of the top and anti-top quark candidates within −2 < |yt| − |yt ̄| < 2 is measured to be 4.2 ± 3.2%, in agreement with the Standard Model prediction at next-to-leading order. A differential measurement in three tt ̄ mass bins is also presented. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/77618 |
| spellingShingle | Measurement of the charge asymmetry in highly boosted top-quark pair production in √s = 8 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment Alconada Verzini, María Josefina Ciencias Exactas Física charge asymmetry highly boosted top-quark pair production pp collision data |
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| title | Measurement of the charge asymmetry in highly boosted top-quark pair production in √s = 8 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment |
| title_full | Measurement of the charge asymmetry in highly boosted top-quark pair production in √s = 8 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment |
| title_fullStr | Measurement of the charge asymmetry in highly boosted top-quark pair production in √s = 8 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measurement of the charge asymmetry in highly boosted top-quark pair production in √s = 8 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment |
| title_short | Measurement of the charge asymmetry in highly boosted top-quark pair production in √s = 8 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment |
| title_sort | Measurement of the charge asymmetry in highly boosted top-quark pair production in √s = 8 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment |
| topic | Ciencias Exactas Física charge asymmetry highly boosted top-quark pair production pp collision data |
| topic_facet | Ciencias Exactas Física charge asymmetry highly boosted top-quark pair production pp collision data |
| url | http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/77618 |