Measurement of the Top Quark Mass at D0 Run II with the Matrix Element Method in the Lepton+Jets Final State
- Ludwig Maximilian Univ. of Munich (Germany)
The mass of the top quark is a fundamental parameter of the Standard Model. Its precise knowledge yields valuable insights into unresolved phenomena in and beyond the Standard Model. A measurement of the top quark mass with the matrix element method in the lepton+jets final state in D0 Run II is presented. Events are selected requiring an isolated energetic charged lepton (electron or muon), significant missing transverse energy, and exactly four calorimeter jets. For each event, the probabilities to originate from the signal and background processes are calculated based on the measured kinematics, the object resolutions and the respective matrix elements. The jet energy scale is known to be the dominant source of systematic uncertainty. The reference scale for the mass measurement is derived from Monte Carlo events. The matrix element likelihood is defined as a function of both, m{sub top} and jet energy scale JES, where the latter represents a scale factor with respect to the reference scale. The top mass is obtained from a two-dimensional correlated fit, and the likelihood yields both the statistical and jet energy scale uncertainty. Using a dataset of 320 pb-1 of D0 Run II data, the mass of the top quark is measured to be: m$$ℓ+jets\atop{top}$$ = 169.5 ± 4.4(stat. + JES)$$+1.7\atop{-1.6}$$(syst.) GeV; m$$e+jets\atop{top}$$ = 168.8 ± 6.0(stat. + JES)$$+1.9\atop{-1.9}$$(syst.) GeV; m$$μ+jets\atop{top}$$ = 172.3 ± 9.6(stat.+JES)$$+3.4\atop{-3.3}$$(syst.) GeV. The jet energy scale measurement in the ℓ+jets sample yields JES = 1.034 ± 0.034, suggesting good consistency of the data with the simulation. The measurement forecasts significant improvements to the total top mass uncertainty during Run II before the startup of the LHC, as the data sample will grow by a factor of ten and D0's tracking capabilities will be employed in jet energy reconstruction and flavor identification.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03000
- OSTI ID:
- 875532
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-THESIS-2005-46; TRN: US0604996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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