Measurement of the cross section for tt̄ production in pp̄ collisions using the kinematics of lepton+jets events

We present a measurement of the top pair production cross section in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV. We collect a data sample with an integrated luminosity of 194±11pb-1 with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. We use an artificial neural network technique to discriminate between top pair pro...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Acosta, D, 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, Arisawa, T, Arguin, J, Artikov, A, Ashmanskas, W, Attal, A, Azfar, F, Azzi-Bacchetta, P, Bacchetta, N, Bachacou, H, Badgett, W, Barbaro-Galtieri, A
Μορφή: Journal article
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: 2005
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Περίληψη:We present a measurement of the top pair production cross section in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV. We collect a data sample with an integrated luminosity of 194±11pb-1 with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. We use an artificial neural network technique to discriminate between top pair production and background processes in a sample of 519 lepton+jets events, which have one isolated energetic charged lepton, large missing transverse energy and at least three energetic jets. We measure the top pair production cross section to be σtt̄=6.6±1.1±1.5pb, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. © 2005 The American Physical Society.