Title: | Inclusive and differential measurements of the tt charge asymmetry in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV |
Authors: | Khachatryan, V Sirunyan, AM Tumasyan, A Adam, W Asilar, E Bergauer, T Brandstetter, J Brondolin, E Dragicevic, M Erö, J Flechl, M Friedl, M Frühwirth, R Ghete, VM Hartl, C Hörmann, N Hrubec, J Jeitler, M Knünz, V König, A Krammer, M Krätschmer, I Liko, D Matsushita, T Mikulec, I Rabady, D Rahbaran, B Rohringer, H Schieck, J Schöfbeck, R Strauss, J Treberer-Treberspurg, W Waltenberger, W Wulz, CE Mossolov, V Shumeiko, N Suarez Gonzalez, J Alderweireldt, S Cornelis, T De Wolf, EA Janssen, X Knutsson, A Lauwers, J Luyckx, S Ochesanu, S Rougny, R Van De Klundert, M Van Haevermaet, H Van Mechelen, P Van Remortel, N Van Spilbeeck, A Abu Zeid, S Blekman, F D'Hondt, J Daci, N De Bruyn, I Deroover, K Heracleous, N Keaveney, J Lowette, S Moreels, L Olbrechts, A Python, Q Strom, D Tavernier, S Van Doninck, W Van Mulders, P Van Onsem, GP Van Parijs, I Barria, P Caillol, C Clerbaux, B De Lentdecker, G Delannoy, H Fasanella, G Favart, L Gay, APR Grebenyuk, A Lenzi, T Léonard, A Maerschalk, T Marinov, A Perniè, L Randle-conde, A Reis, T Seva, T Vander Velde, C Vanlaer, P Yonamine, R Zenoni, F Zhang, F Beernaert, K Benucci, L |
Keywords: | CMS;Physics;Top quark;Charge asymmetry |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Physics Letters Section B, 757: pp. 154 - 179, (2016) |
Abstract: | The tt- charge asymmetry is measured in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The data, collected with the CMS experiment at the LHC, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb-1. Selected events contain an electron or a muon and four or more jets, where at least one jet is identified as originating from b-quark hadronization. The inclusive charge asymmetry is found to be 0.0010±0.0068 (stat)±0.0037 (syst). In addition, differential charge asymmetries as a function of rapidity, transverse momentum, and invariant mass of the tt- system are studied. For the first time at the LHC, the measurements are also performed in a reduced fiducial phase space of top quark pair production, with an integrated result of -0.0035±0.0072 (stat)±0.0031 (syst). All measurements are consistent within two standard deviations with zero asymmetry as well as with the predictions of the standard model. |
URI: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269316300314 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/12631 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.03.060 |
ISSN: | 0370-2693 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Papers
|
Items in BURA are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.