Precision measurement of the top-quark mass from dilepton events at CDF II

Precision measurement of the top-quark mass from dilepton events at CDF II

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We report a measurement of the top-quark mass, Mt, in the dilepton decay channel of tt̄→b ′+ν ′b̄ -ν̄ using an integrated luminosity of 1.0fb-1 of pp̄ collisions collected with the CDF II detector. We apply a method that convolutes a leading-order matrix element with detector resolution functions to...

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Main Authors: Abulencia, A, Adelman, J, Affolder, T, Akimoto, T, Albrow, MG, Ambrose, D, Amerio, S, Amidei, D, Anastassov, A, Anikeev, K, Annovi, A, Antos, J, Aoki, M, Apollinari, G, Arguin, J, Arisawa, T, Artikov, A, Ashmanskas, W, Attal, A, Azfar, F, Azzi-Bacchetta, P, Azzurri, P, Bacchetta, N, Badgett, W, Barbaro-Galtieri, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007
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Summary:We report a measurement of the top-quark mass, Mt, in the dilepton decay channel of tt̄→b ′+ν ′b̄ -ν̄ using an integrated luminosity of 1.0fb-1 of pp̄ collisions collected with the CDF II detector. We apply a method that convolutes a leading-order matrix element with detector resolution functions to form event-by-event likelihoods; we have enhanced the leading-order description to describe the effects of initial-state radiation. The joint likelihood is the product of the likelihoods from 78 candidate events in this sample, which yields a measurement of Mt=164.5±3.9(stat.)±3.9(syst.)GeV/c2, the most precise measurement of Mt in the dilepton channel. © 2007 The American Physical Society.

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