Measurement of the top quark pair production cross-section with ATLAS in the single lepton channel

G. Aad, Mogens Dam, Nele Maria Philomena Boelaert, Jørgen Beck Hansen, John Renner Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, Jørn Dines Hansen, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Simon Johann Franz Heisterkamp, Esben Bryndt Klinkby, Sascha Mehlhase, Björn Stefan Nilsson, Troels Christian Petersen, Stefania Xella, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen

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Abstract

A measurement of the production cross-section for top quark pairs (tt-) in pp collisions at s=7TeV is presented using data recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Events are selected in the single lepton topology by requiring an electron or muon, large missing transverse momentum and at least three jets. With a data sample of 35 pb -1 , two different multivariate methods, one of which uses b-quark jet identification while the other does not, use kinematic variables to obtain cross-section measurements of σtt-=187±11(stat.)-17+18(syst.)±6(lumi.)pb and σtt-=173±17(stat.)-16+18(syst.)±6(lumi.)pb respectively. The two measurements are in agreement with each other and with QCD calculations. The first measurement has a better a priori sensitivity and constitutes the main result of this Letter.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftPhysics Letters B
Vol/bind711
Udgave nummer3-4
Sider (fra-til)244-263
ISSN0370-2693
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 15 maj 2012

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