Measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV in dilepton final states with ATLAS

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

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2011.12.055

Measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV in dilepton final states with ATLAS

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

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A measurement of the production cross section of top quark pairs (tt̄) in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider is reported. Candidate events are selected in the dilepton topology with large missing transverse energy and at least two jets. Using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35pb^-1, a tt̄ production cross section σtt̄=177±20(stat.)±14(syst.)±7(lum.)pb is measured for an assumed top quark mass of m_t=172.5GeV. A second measurement requiring at least one jet identified as coming from a b quark yields a comparable result, demonstrating that the dilepton final states are consistent with being accompanied by b-quark jets. These measurements are in good agreement with Standard Model predictions.

Original language	English
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	707
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	459-477
Number of pages	18
ISSN	0370-2693
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2011.12.055
Publication status	Published - 7 Feb 2012

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Aad, G., Dam, M., Hansen, J. B., Hansen, P. H., Hansen, J. R., Hansen, J. D., Jørgensen, M. D., Boelaert, N. M. P., Klinkby, E. B., Heisterkamp, S. J. F., Mehlhase, S., Nilsson, B. S., Petersen, T. C., & Xella, S. (2012). Measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV in dilepton final states with ATLAS. Physics Letters B, 707(5), 459-477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2011.12.055

Aad, G, Dam, M , Hansen, JB , Hansen, PH , Hansen, JR , Hansen, JD, Jørgensen, MD, Boelaert, NMP, Klinkby, EB, Heisterkamp, SJF, Mehlhase, S, Nilsson, BS, Petersen, TC & Xella, S 2012, 'Measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV in dilepton final states with ATLAS', Physics Letters B, vol. 707, no. 5, pp. 459-477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2011.12.055

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Measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV in dilepton final states with ATLAS

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