Measurement of double-differential cross sections for top quark pair production in pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 8$$ $$\,\text {TeV}$$ and impact on parton distribution functions
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Normalized double-differential cross sections for top quark pair ( $$\mathrm{t}\overline{\mathrm{t}}$$ ) production are measured in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 $$\,\text {TeV}$$ with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The analyzed data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 $$\,\text {fb}^{-1}$$ . The measurement is performed in the dilepton $$\mathrm {e}^{\pm }\mu ^{\mp }$$ final state. The $$\mathrm{t}\overline{\mathrm{t}}$$ cross section is determined as a function of various pairs of observables characterizing the kinematics of the top quark and $$\mathrm{t}\overline{\mathrm{t}}$$ system. The data are compared to calculations using perturbative quantum chromodynamics at next-to-leading and approximate next-to-next-to-leading orders. They are also compared to predictions of Monte Carlo event generators that complement fixed-order computations with parton showers, hadronization, and multiple-parton interactions. Overall agreement is observed with the predictions, which is improved when the latest global sets of proton parton distribution functions are used. The inclusion of the measured $$\mathrm{t}\overline{\mathrm{t}}$$ cross sections in a fit of parametrized parton distribution functions is shown to have significant impact on the gluon distribution.
- Research Organization:
- Helsinki Inst. of Phys.; Florida U.; Piri Reis U., Istanbul; Rutherford; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Minsk, High Energy Phys. Ctr.; Strasbourg, IPHC; Naples U.; Brown U.; MIT; PSI, Villigen; U. Campinas; Rochester U.; Bologna U.; Seoul Natl. U.; Serpukhov, IHEP; Indian Inst. Tech., Bhubaneswar; Carnegie Mellon U.; Vrije U., Brussels; UCLA; Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.; NCBJ, Swierk; Dubna, JINR; IISER, Pune; Democritos Nucl. Res. Ctr.; IIUM, Kuala Lumpur; Northeastern U.; UC, Santa Barbara; Erzincan U.; Natl. Tech. U., Athens; Cag U., Mersin; Chonnam Natl. U.; Fairfield U.; Belgrade U.; Minsk, Inst. Nucl. Problems; Ozyegin U.; Taiwan, Natl. Taiwan U.; Conacyt, Mexico; UC, Davis; INFN, Pavia; Bari U.; Iowa U.; Moscow Phys. Eng. Inst.; Charles U.; Notre Dame U.; Peking U.; Lebedev Inst.; British U. in Egypt; Ruhuna U.; Isfahan Tech. U.; BeiHang U.; Ecole Polytechnique; Budapest, RMKI; Panjab U.; NICPB, Tallinn; Iberoamericana U.; Kansas State U.; Wayne State U.; Mimar Sinan U.; St. Petersburg Polytechnic Inst.; Rome U.; Split Tech. U.; VINCA Inst. Nucl. Sci., Belgrade; INFN, Naples; Quaid-i-Azam U.; LIP, Lisbon; Cantabria Inst. of Phys.; San Luis Potosi U.; Catholic U. America; Middle East Tech. U., Ankara; Chonbuk Natl. U.; Lyon, IPN; Canterbury U.; Indian Inst. Tech., Madras; Sofiya, Inst. Nucl. Res.; UC, Riverside; Princeton U.; U. Bern, AEC; Baylor U.; University Coll., Dublin; Purdue U., Calumet; Korea U.; Novosibirsk, IYF; Wisconsin U., Madison; Beykent U.; Imperial Coll., London; Cairo, Acad. Sci. Res. Tech.; Texas A-M; Boskovic Inst., Zagreb; Mississippi U.; IPM, Tehran; Genoa U.; Seoul U.; Minnesota U.; U. Debrecen, Inst. Phys.; CERN; Inst. Scintill. Mat., Kharkiv; Delhi U.; Helsinki U.; Catania U.; Bristol U.; Moscow, INR; DESY; Rio de Janeiro State U.; INFN, Perugia; Trieste U.; Novosibirsk State U.; Zurich, ETH; Basilicata U., Potenza; Cukurova U.; Istanbul Aydin U.; Brunel U.; Colorado U.; Fayoum U.; Yerevan Phys. Inst.; Moscow State U.; Haute Alsace U.; St. Petersburg, INP; ABC Federal U.; Bangalore, Indian Inst. Sci.; Florence U.; INFN, Genoa; Yildiz Tech. U.; Rio de Janeiro, CBPF; Taiwan, Natl. Central U.; Kafkas U.; Southampton U.; Split U.; Beijing, Inst. High Energy Phys.; INFN, Padua; INFN, Bari; CC, Villeurbanne; Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore; Pavia U.; Warsaw U.; Istanbul, Tech. U.; Purdue U.; Tbilisi State U.; Perugia U.; Madrid, Autonoma U.; INFN, Pisa; Antioquia U.; Moscow, MIPT; Cairo U.; Texas Tech.; Virginia U.; Ohio State U.; Ain Shams U., Cairo; Bari Polytechnic; Hamburg U.; MOSTI, Malaysian Nucl. Agency, Kajang; Sungkyunkwan U.; UC, San Diego; Brandenburg Tech. U.; Auckland U.; Cornell U.; Kansas U.; Adiyaman U.; Islamic Azad U., Sci. Res. Branch, Tehran; Vienna, OAW; IISER, Bhopal; CINVESTAV, IPN; Florida State U.; Milan Bicocca U.; Saha Inst.; U. Mons; Izmir Inst. Tech.; Utah Valley U.; SUNY, Buffalo; IAC, La Laguna; Andes U., Bogota; Cyprus U.; KIT, Karlsruhe, EKP; Turin U.; Sao Paulo, IFT; INFN, Bologna; Caltech; Nebraska U.; Tennessee U.; Piemonte Orientale U., Novara; Florida Intl. U.; Guglielmo Marconi U.; Bhubaneswar, Inst. Phys.; Hanyang U.; Brussels U.; Marmara U.; Lappeenranta U. Tech.; Siena U.; Ioannina U.; Puebla U., Inst. Fis.; Louvain U.; INFN, Turin; Madrid, CIEMAT; Antwerp U.; Bhubaneswar, NISER; Gent U.; Alabama U.; IRFU, Saclay; Pelotas U.; Northwestern U.; Istanbul Bilgi U.; Hacettepe U.; Florida Inst. Tech.; TIFR, Mumbai, DHEP; Riga Tech. U.; INFN, Florence; Gaziosmanpasa U.; Maryland U.; Rutgers U., Piscataway; Kharkov, KIPT; Rice U.; INFN, Rome; Warsaw U. of Tech.; Zurich U.; Boston U.; Vanderbilt U.; Frascati; Yazd U.; Bhabha Atomic Res. Ctr.; Illinois U., Chicago; Athens U.; Puerto Rico U., Mayaguez; Chulalongkorn U.; Johns Hopkins U.; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Debrecen, Inst. Nucl. Res.; Mersin U.; CHEP, Taegu; GTU, Tbilisi; INFN, Catania; Pisa U.; Visva Bharati U.; Sofiya U.; San Francisco de Quito U.; Eotvos U.; INFN, Milan Bicocca; Malaya U.; Moscow, ITEP; Oviedo U.; Texas A&M U. Qatar, Doha; Vilnius U.; TU Vienna; Bogazici U.; Padua U.; INFN, Trieste
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1352017
- Report Number(s):
- CMS-TOP-14-013; CERN-EP-2017-030; FERMILAB-PUB-17-111-CMS; oai:inspirehep.net:1516191; arXiv:1703.01630
- Journal Information:
- Eur.Phys.J.C, Journal Name: Eur.Phys.J.C Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 77
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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