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Measurement of the charge asymmetry in highly boosted top-quark pair production in √s=8 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment

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Aad, G; Abbott, B; Abdallah, J; Abdinov, O; Abeloos, B; Aben, R; Abolins, M; AbouZeid, OS; Abramowicz, H; Abreu, H; Abreu, R; Abulaiti, Y ...
Published in: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
May 10, 2016

In the pp→tt¯ process the angular distributions of top and anti-top quarks are expected to present a subtle difference, which could be enhanced by processes not included in the Standard Model. This Letter presents a measurement of the charge asymmetry in events where the top-quark pair is produced with a large invariant mass. The analysis is performed on 20.3 fb−1 of pp collision data at s=8TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, using reconstruction techniques specifically designed for the decay topology of highly boosted top quarks. The charge asymmetry in a fiducial region with large invariant mass of the top-quark pair (mtt¯>0.75 TeV) and an absolute rapidity difference of the top and anti-top quark candidates within −2<|yt|−|yt¯|<2 is measured to be 4.2±3.2%, in agreement with the Standard Model prediction at next-to-leading order. A differential measurement in three tt¯ mass bins is also presented.

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Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

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0370-2693

Publication Date

May 10, 2016

Volume

756

Start / End Page

52 / 71

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics
 

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Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Abeloos, B., Aben, R., … Artamonov, A. (2016). Measurement of the charge asymmetry in highly boosted top-quark pair production in √s=8 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 756, 52–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.02.055
Aad, G., B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, O. Abdinov, B. Abeloos, R. Aben, M. Abolins, et al. “Measurement of the charge asymmetry in highly boosted top-quark pair production in √s=8 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment.” Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 756 (May 10, 2016): 52–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.02.055.
Aad G, Abbott B, Abdallah J, Abdinov O, Abeloos B, Aben R, et al. Measurement of the charge asymmetry in highly boosted top-quark pair production in √s=8 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 2016 May 10;756:52–71.
Aad, G., et al. “Measurement of the charge asymmetry in highly boosted top-quark pair production in √s=8 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment.” Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 756, May 2016, pp. 52–71. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2016.02.055.
Aad G, Abbott B, Abdallah J, Abdinov O, Abeloos B, Aben R, Abolins M, AbouZeid OS, Abramowicz H, Abreu H, Abreu R, Abulaiti Y, Acharya BS, Adamczyk L, Adams DL, Adelman J, Adomeit S, Adye T, Affolder AA, Agatonovic-Jovin T, Agricola J, Aguilar-Saavedra JA, Ahlen SP, Ahmadov F, Aielli G, Akerstedt H, Åkesson TPA, Akimov AV, Alberghi GL, Albert J, Albrand S, Alconada Verzini MJ, Aleksa M, Aleksandrov IN, Alexa C, Alexander G, Alexopoulos T, Alhroob M, Alimonti G, Alison J, Alkire SP, Allbrooke BMM, Allen BW, Allport PP, Aloisio A, Alonso A, Alonso F, Alpigiani C, Alvarez Gonzalez B, Álvarez Piqueras D, Alviggi MG, Amadio BT, Amako K, Amaral Coutinho Y, Amelung C, Amidei D, Amor Dos Santos SP, Amorim A, Amoroso S, Amram N, Amundsen G, Anastopoulos C, Ancu LS, Andari N, Andeen T, Anders CF, Anders G, Anders JK, Anderson KJ, Andreazza A, Andrei V, Angelidakis S, Angelozzi I, Anger P, Angerami A, Anghinolfi F, Anisenkov AV, Anjos N, Annovi A, Antonelli M, Antonov A, Antos J, Anulli F, Aoki M, Aperio Bella L, Arabidze G, Arai Y, Araque JP, Arce ATH, Arduh FA, Arguin JF, Argyropoulos S, Arik M, Armbruster AJ, Armitage LJ, Arnaez O, Arnold H, Arratia M, Arslan O, Artamonov A. Measurement of the charge asymmetry in highly boosted top-quark pair production in √s=8 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 2016 May 10;756:52–71.
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Published In

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

DOI

ISSN

0370-2693

Publication Date

May 10, 2016

Volume

756

Start / End Page

52 / 71

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
  • 0105 Mathematical Physics