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Measurement of the top-quark mass in the fully hadronic decay channel from ATLAS data at root s=7 TeV

NázevTitle
Measurement of the top-quark mass in the fully hadronic decay channel from ATLAS data at root s=7 TeVMeasurement of the top-quark mass in the fully hadronic decay channel from ATLAS data at root s=7 TeV
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S. Abdel Khalek, O. Abdinov, K. Augsten, P. Gallus, J. Günther, J. Jakůbek, Z. Kohout, V. Král, M. Myška, S. Pospíšil, F. Seifert, V. Šimák, T. Slavíček, K. Smolek, M. Solar, J. Šolc, A. Sopczak, B. Sopko, V. Sopko, D. Tureček, V. Vacek, M. Šuta, P. Vokáč, Z. Vykydal, M. Zeman
DOIDOI
10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3373-1
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
European Physical Journal C. 2015, 75(4), 3373-1-3373-26. ISSN 1434-6044.
RokYear
2015
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
000355671300001
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-84928745950
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21220/15:00238867!RIV16-MSM-21220___
ProjektProject
Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational experiment ATLAS-CERN; Podpora zkvalitnění týmů výzkumu a vývoje a rozvoj intersektorální mobility na ČVUT v PrazeSupport of inter-sectoral mobility and quality enhancement of research teams at Czech Technical University in Prague

AbstraktAbstract

The mass of the top quark is measured in a data set corresponding to 4.6 fb(-1) of proton-proton collisions with centre-of-mass energy root s = 7 TeV collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Events consistent with hadronic decays of top-antitop quark pairs with at least six jets in the final state are selected. The substantial background from multijet production is modelled with data-driven methods that utilise the number of identified b-quark jets and the transverse momentum of the sixth leading jet, which have minimal correlation. The top-quark mass is obtained from template fits to the ratio of three-jet to dijet mass. The three-jet mass is calculated from the three jets produced in a top-quark decay. Using these three jets the dijet mass is obtained from the two jets produced in the W boson decay. The top-quark mass obtained from this fit is thus less sensitive to the uncertainty in the energy measurement of the jets. A binned likelihood fit yields a top-quark mass of m(t) = 175.1 +/- 1.4 (stat.) +/- 1.2 (syst.) GeV.

The mass of the top quark is measured in a data set corresponding to 4.6 fb(-1) of proton-proton collisions with centre-of-mass energy root s = 7 TeV collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Events consistent with hadronic decays of top-antitop quark pairs with at least six jets in the final state are selected. The substantial background from multijet production is modelled with data-driven methods that utilise the number of identified b-quark jets and the transverse momentum of the sixth leading jet, which have minimal correlation. The top-quark mass is obtained from template fits to the ratio of three-jet to dijet mass. The three-jet mass is calculated from the three jets produced in a top-quark decay. Using these three jets the dijet mass is obtained from the two jets produced in the W boson decay. The top-quark mass obtained from this fit is thus less sensitive to the uncertainty in the energy measurement of the jets. A binned likelihood fit yields a top-quark mass of m(t) = 175.1 +/- 1.4 (stat.) +/- 1.2 (syst.) GeV.