A Measurement of the t $$\bar{t}$$ Production Cross Section in p $$\bar{p}$$ Collisions at √s = 1.96-TeV using Soft Muon Tagging
- Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
I present a measurement of the t$$\bar{t}$$ production cross section at √s = 1.96 TeV using 2034 pb-1 of CDF Run II data using events with a high transverse momentum electron or muon, three or more jets, and missing transverse energy. The measurement assumes a t → Wb branching fraction of 100 percent. Events consistent with t$$\bar{t}$$ decay are found by identifying jets containing heavy-flavor semileptonic decays to muons. The dominant backgrounds are evaluated directly from the data. Based on 248 candidate events and an expected background of 86.8 ± 5.6 events, I measure a production cross section of 8.7 ± 1.1$$+0.9\atop{-0.8}$$ ± 0.6 pb, in agreement with the Standard Model.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359; FG02-91ER40677
- OSTI ID:
- 935237
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-THESIS--2008-27
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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