Title
Measurement of the mass of the top quark in decays with a J/ψ meson in pp collisions at 8 TeV
Date Issued
01 December 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
The CMS collaboration
Khachatryan V.
Sirunyan A.M.
Tumasyan A.
Adam W.
Asilar E.
Bergauer T.
Brandstetter J.
Brondolin E.
Dragicevic M.
Erö J.
Flechl M.
Friedl M.
Frühwirth R.
Ghete V.M.
Hartl C.
Hörmann N.
Hrubec J.
Jeitler M.
König A.
Krätschmer I.
Liko D.
Matsushita T.
Mikulec I.
Rabady D.
Rad N.
Rahbaran B.
Rohringer H.
Schieck J.
Strauss J.
Treberer-Treberspurg W.
Waltenberger W.
Wulz C.E.
Mossolov V.
Shumeiko N.
Suarez Gonzalez J.
Alderweireldt S.
De Wolf E.A.
Janssen X.
Lauwers J.
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.
Lowette S.
Moortgat S.
Moreels L.
Olbrechts A.
Python Q.
Tavernier S.
Van Doninck W.
Van Mulders P.
Van Parijs I.
Brun H.
Caillol C.
Clerbaux B.
De Lentdecker G.
Delannoy H.
Fasanella G.
Favart L.
Goldouzian R.
Grebenyuk A.
Karapostoli G.
Lenzi T.
Léonard A.
Luetic J.
Maerschalk T.
Marinov A.
Randle-conde A.
Seva T.
Vander Velde C.
Vanlaer P.
Yonamine R.
Zenoni F.
Zhang F.
Cimmino A.
Cornelis T.
Dobur D.
Fagot A.
Garcia G.
Gul M.
Poyraz D.
Salva S.
Schöfbeck R.
Tytgat M.
Van Driessche W.
Yazgan E.
Zaganidis N.
Bakhshiansohi H.
Beluffi C.
Bondu O.
Brochet S.
Publisher(s)
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Abstract
A first measurement of the top quark mass in the decay channel t → (W → ℓν) (b → J/ψ + X → μ+μ− + X) is presented. The analysis uses events selected from the proton-proton collisions recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1, with 666 t t ¯ and single top quark candidate events containing a reconstructed J/ψ candidate decaying into an oppositely-charged muon pair. The mass of the (J/ψ + ℓ) system, where ℓ is an electron or a muon from W boson decay, is used to extract a top quark mass of 173.5 ± 3.0 (stat) ± 0.9 (syst) GeV.
Volume
2016
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Física atómica, molecular y química
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85007043819
Source
Journal of High Energy Physics
ISSN of the container
10298479
Sponsor(s)
National Science Foundation - 1120138, 1151640, 1211067, 1506130, 1506168, 1508869, 1606321.
Science and Technology Facilities Council - CMS, GRIDPP, ST/K001256/1, ST/N000250/1.
Sources of information:
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