Measurements of spin correlation in top-antitop quark events from proton-proton collisions at √s=7 TeV using the ATLAS detector

G. Aad; B. Abbott; J. Abdallah; S. Abdel Khalek; O. Abdinov; Mogens Dam; Jørn Dines Hansen; Jørgen Beck Hansen; Stefania Xella; Peter Henrik Hansen; Troels Christian Petersen; Lotte Ansgaard Thomsen; Sascha Mehlhase; Morten Dam Jørgensen; Almut Maria Pingel; Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen; Alejandro Alonso Diaz; James William Monk; Lars Egholm Pedersen; Graig Wiglesworth; Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster

doi:10.1103/physrevd.90.112016

Measurements of spin correlation in top-antitop quark events from proton-proton collisions at √s=7 TeV using the ATLAS detector

G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S. Abdel Khalek, O. Abdinov, Mogens Dam, Jørn Dines Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Stefania Xella, Peter Henrik Hansen, Troels Christian Petersen, Lotte Ansgaard Thomsen, Sascha Mehlhase, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Almut Maria Pingel, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Alejandro Alonso Diaz, James William Monk, Lars Egholm Pedersen, Graig WiglesworthGorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster

Experimental Particle Physics

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Abstract

Measurements of spin correlation in top quark pair production are presented using data collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC with proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.6 fb-1. Events are selected in final states with two charged leptons and at least two jets and in final states with one charged lepton and at least four jets. Four different observables sensitive to different properties of the top quark pair production mechanism are used to extract the correlation between the top and antitop quark spins. Some of these observables are measured for the first time. The measurements are in good agreement with the Standard Model prediction at next-to-leading-order accuracy.

Original language	English
Article number	112016
Journal	Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology)
Volume	90
ISSN	1550-7998
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.90.112016
Publication status	Published - 24 Dec 2014

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Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., Dam, M., Hansen, J. D., Hansen, J. B., Xella, S., Hansen, P. H., Petersen, T. C., Thomsen, L. A., Mehlhase, S., Jørgensen, M. D., Pingel, A. M., Løvschall-Jensen, A. E., Alonso Diaz, A., Monk, J. W., Pedersen, L. E., ... Galster, G. A. G. K. (2014). Measurements of spin correlation in top-antitop quark events from proton-proton collisions at √s=7 TeV using the ATLAS detector. Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), 90, [112016]. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.90.112016

Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdallah, J, Abdel Khalek, S, Abdinov, O, Dam, M , Hansen, JD , Hansen, JB , Xella, S , Hansen, PH , Petersen, TC, Thomsen, LA, Mehlhase, S, Jørgensen, MD, Pingel, AM, Løvschall-Jensen, AE, Alonso Diaz, A, Monk, JW, Pedersen, LE, Wiglesworth, G & Galster, GAGK 2014, 'Measurements of spin correlation in top-antitop quark events from proton-proton collisions at √s=7 TeV using the ATLAS detector', Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), vol. 90, 112016. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.90.112016

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