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

Aad, G.; Borjanovic, I.; Božović-Jelisavčić, Ivanka; Agatonović-Jovin, Tatjana; Krstic, T. J.; Mamužić, Judita; Mudrinić, Mihajlo; Popovic, D. S.; Reljic, D.; Sijacki, Dj; Simic, Lj; Vranjes, N.; Vranješ Milosavljević, Marija; Zivkovic, L.

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2011.12.055

2012

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A measurement of the production cross section of top quark pairs (t (t) over bar) 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 35 pb(-1), a t (t) over bar production cross section sigma(t (t) over bar) = 177 +/- 20(stat.) +/- 14(syst.) +/- 7(lum.) pb is measured for an assumed top quark mass of m(t) = 172.5 GeV. 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. (C) 2011 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Top physics / Heavy quark production / Total cross section

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Physics Letters B, 2012, 707, 5, 459-477

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ANPCyT, Argentina, YerPhI, Armenia, ARC, Australia, BMWF, Austria, ANAS, Azerbaijan, SSTC, Belarus, CNPq, Brazil, FAPESP, Brazil, NSERC, Canada, NRC, Canada, CFI, Canada, CERN, CONICYT, Chile, CAS, China, MOST, China, NSFC, China, COLCIENCIAS, Colombia, MSMT CR, Czech Republic, MPO CR, Czech Republic, VSC CR, Czech Republic, DNRF, Denmark, DNSRC, Denmark, Lundbeck Foundation, Denmark, ARTEMIS, European Union, IN2P3-CNRS, France, CEA-DSM/IRFU, France, GNAS, Georgia, BMBF, Germany, DFG, Germany, HGF, Germany, MPG, Germany, AvH Foundation, Germany, GSRT, Greece, ISF, Israel, MINERVA, Israel, GIF, Israel, DIP, Israel, Benoziyo Center, Israel, INFN, Italy, MEXT, Japan, JSPS, Japan, CNRST, Morocco, FOM, Netherlands, NWO, Netherlands, RCN, Norway, MNiSW, Poland, GRICES, Portugal, FCT, Portugal, MERYS (MECTS), Romania, MES of Russia, ROSATOM, Russian Federation, JINR, MSTD, Serbia, MSSR, Slovakia, ARRS, Slovenia, MVZT, Slovenia, DST/NRF, South Africa, MICINN, Spain, SRC, Sweden, Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden, SER, Switzerland, SNSF, Switzerland, Cantons of Bern, Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland, NSC, Taiwan, TAEK, Turkey, STFC, United Kingdom, Royal Society, United Kingdom, Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom, DOE, United States of America, NSF, United States of America, ICREA