Top production at the LHC: The impact of PDF uncertainties and correlations
In this contribution we discuss the impact of PDF uncertainties on tt̄ and t-channel single-top production at the LHC. We present predictions for total cross-sections computed at NLO accuracy with different PDF sets. For singletop production, we point out that the uncertainty arising from the choice...
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| description | In this contribution we discuss the impact of PDF uncertainties on tt̄ and t-channel single-top production at the LHC. We present predictions for total cross-sections computed at NLO accuracy with different PDF sets. For singletop production, we point out that the uncertainty arising from the choice of the bottom quark mass is one of the dominant theoretical uncertainties on the total cross-section. Finally, the possibility of using PDF-induced correlations between top quark and electroweak vector boson production cross-sections to improve the accuracy of LHC measurements is investigated. © Società Italiana di Fisica. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:95d8002b-4377-4c9b-92a2-3217371472e12022-03-26T23:48:58ZTop production at the LHC: The impact of PDF uncertainties and correlationsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:95d8002b-4377-4c9b-92a2-3217371472e1EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2010Guffanti, ARojo, JIn this contribution we discuss the impact of PDF uncertainties on tt̄ and t-channel single-top production at the LHC. We present predictions for total cross-sections computed at NLO accuracy with different PDF sets. For singletop production, we point out that the uncertainty arising from the choice of the bottom quark mass is one of the dominant theoretical uncertainties on the total cross-section. Finally, the possibility of using PDF-induced correlations between top quark and electroweak vector boson production cross-sections to improve the accuracy of LHC measurements is investigated. © Società Italiana di Fisica. |
| spellingShingle | Guffanti, A Rojo, J Top production at the LHC: The impact of PDF uncertainties and correlations |
| title | Top production at the LHC: The impact of PDF uncertainties and correlations |
| title_full | Top production at the LHC: The impact of PDF uncertainties and correlations |
| title_fullStr | Top production at the LHC: The impact of PDF uncertainties and correlations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Top production at the LHC: The impact of PDF uncertainties and correlations |
| title_short | Top production at the LHC: The impact of PDF uncertainties and correlations |
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