Measurements of top-quark pair differential cross-sections in the eμ channel in pp collisions at s√=13 TeV using the ATLAS detector

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Skottowe, Hugh Philip
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ATLAS Collaboration. 2017. “Measurements of top-quark pair differential cross-sections in the eμ channel in pp collisions at s√=13 TeV using the ATLAS detector.” The European Physical Journal C 77 (5) (May). doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4821-x.Abstract
This article presents measurements of tt¯ differential cross-sections in a fiducial phase-space region, using an integrated luminosity of 3.2 fb−1 of proton--proton data at a centre-of-mass energy of s√=13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2015. Differential cross-sections are measured as a function of the transverse momentum and absolute rapidity of the top quark, and of the transverse momentum, absolute rapidity and invariant mass of the tt¯ system. The tt¯ events are selected by requiring one electron and one muon of opposite electric charge, and at least two jets, one of which must be tagged as containing a b-hadron. The measured differential cross-sections are compared to predictions of next-to-leading order generators matched to parton showers and the measurements are found to be consistent with all models within the experimental uncertainties with the exception of the POWHEG-Box + HERWIG++ predictions, which differ significantly from the data in both the transverse momentum of the top quark and the mass of the tt¯ system.Terms of Use
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