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Title: Measurement of differential t t ¯ production cross sections in p p ¯ collisions

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
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Here, the production of top quark-antiquark pair events in p¯p collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV is studied as a function of the transverse momentum and absolute value of the rapidity of the top quarks as well as of the invariant mass of the t¯t pair. We select events containing an isolated lepton, a large imbalance in transverse momentum, and four or more jets with at least one jet identified as originating from a b quark. The data sample corresponds to 9.7 fb–1 of integrated luminosity recorded with the D0 detector during Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. Observed differential cross sections are consistent with standard model predictions.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Organization:
D0 Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1128730
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1180855
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-14-012-E; arXiv:1401.5785; PRVDAQ; 1278493
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol. 90, Issue 9; ISSN 1550-7998
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 29 works
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