Title
Measurement of the ratio σtt̄/σZ/γ*→ll and precise extraction of the tt̄ cross section
Date Issued
28 June 2010
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Aaltonen T.
Adelman J.
Álvarez González B.
Amerio S.
Amidei D.
Anastassov A.
Annovi A.
Antos J.
Apollinari G.
Apresyan A.
Arisawa T.
Artikov A.
Asaadi J.
Ashmanskas W.
Attal A.
Aurisano A.
Azfar F.
Badgett W.
Barbaro-Galtieri A.
Barnes V.E.
Barnett B.A.
Barria P.
Bartos P.
Bauer G.
Beauchemin P.H.
Bedeschi F.
Beecher D.
Behari S.
Bellettini G.
Bellinger J.
Benjamin D.
Beretvas A.
Bhatti A.
Binkley M.
Bisello D.
Bizjak I.
Blair R.E.
Blocker C.
Blumenfeld B.
Bocci A.
Bodek A.
Boisvert V.
Bortoletto D.
Boudreau J.
Boveia A.
Brau B.
Bridgeman A.
Brigliadori L.
Bromberg C.
Brubaker E.
Budagov J.
Budd H.S.
Budd S.
Burkett K.
Busetto G.
Bussey P.
Buzatu A.
Byrum K.L.
Cabrera S.
Calancha C.
Camarda S.
Campanelli M.
Campbell M.
Canelli F.
Canepa A.
Carls B.
Carlsmith D.
Carosi R.
Carrillo S.
Carron S.
Casal B.
Casarsa M.
Castro A.
Catastini P.
Cauz D.
Cavaliere V.
Cavalli-Sforza M.
Cerri A.
Cerrito L.
Chang S.H.
Chen Y.C.
Chertok M.
Chiarelli G.
Chlachidze G.
Chlebana F.
Cho K.
Chokheli D.
Chou J.P.
Chung K.
Chung W.H.
Chung Y.S.
Chwalek T.
Ciobanu C.I.
Ciocci M.A.
Clark A.
Clark D.
Compostella G.
Convery M.E.
Conway J.
Corbo M.
Publisher(s)
American Physical Society
Abstract
We report a measurement of the ratio of the tt̄ to Z/γ*production cross sections in √s=1.96TeV pp̄ collisions using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of up to 4.6fb-1, collected by the CDF II detector. The tt̄ cross section ratio is measured using two complementary methods, a b-jet tagging measurement and a topological approach. By multiplying the ratios by the well-known theoretical Z/γ*→ll cross section predicted by the standard model, the extracted tt̄ cross sections are effectively insensitive to the uncertainty on luminosity. A best linear unbiased estimate is used to combine both measurements with the result σtt̄=7.70±0.52pb, for a top-quark mass of 172.5GeV/c2. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
Volume
105
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-77954098533
Source
Physical Review Letters
ISSN of the container
00319007
Sponsor(s)
Science and Technology Facilities Council - PP/E000444/1, ST/H001026/1, ST/H001026/2, ST/H001069/1, ST/H001077/1.
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