Allbrooke, B M M, Asquith, L, Cerri, A, Chavez Barajas, C A, De Santo, A, Salvatore, F, Santoyo Castillo, I, Suruliz, K, Sutton, M R, Vivarelli, I and The ATLAS Collaboration, (2016) Measurement of the charge asymmetry in top-quark pair production in the lepton-plus-jets final state in pp collision data at s √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 76 (2). a87. ISSN 1434-6044

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Abstract

This paper reports inclusive and differential measurements of the tt̄ charge asymmetry AC in 20.3 fb−¹ of √s=8 TeV pp collisions recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Three differential measurements are performed as a function of the invariant mass,transverse momentum and longitudinal boost of the tt¯ system. The tt¯ pairs are selected in the single-lepton channels (e or μ) with at least four jets, and a likelihood fit is used to reconstruct the tt̄ event kinematics. A Bayesian unfolding procedure is performed to infer the asymmetry at parton level from the observed data distribution. The inclusive tt̄ charge asymmetry is measured to be AC =0.009±0.005 (stat. + syst.). The inclusive and differential measurements are compatible with the values predicted by the Standard Model.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Research Centres and Groups:	Experimental Particle Physics Research Group
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Depositing User:	Billy Wichaidit
Date Deposited:	10 Apr 2017 11:50
Last Modified:	10 Apr 2017 12:22
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/67319

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