TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of the top quark pair production cross-section with ATLAS in the single lepton channel
AU - Aad, G.
AU - Dam, Mogens
AU - Boelaert, Nele Maria Philomena
AU - Hansen, Jørgen Beck
AU - Hansen, John Renner
AU - Hansen, Peter Henrik
AU - Hansen, Jørn Dines
AU - Jørgensen, Morten Dam
AU - Heisterkamp, Simon Johann Franz
AU - Klinkby, Esben Bryndt
AU - Mehlhase, Sascha
AU - Nilsson, Björn Stefan
AU - Petersen, Troels Christian
AU - Xella, Stefania
AU - Løvschall-Jensen, Ask Emil
PY - 2012/5/15
Y1 - 2012/5/15
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.03.083
DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.03.083
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 711
SP - 244
EP - 263
JO - Physics Letters B
JF - Physics Letters B
IS - 3-4
ER -