"A measurement of the production cross-section for top quark pairs (t (t) over bar) in pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV is presented using data recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Events are selected in two different topologies: single lepton (electron e or muon mu) with large missing transverse energy and at least four jets, and dilepton (ee, mu mu or e mu) with large missing transverse energy and at least two jets. In a data sample of 2.9 pb(-1), 37 candidate events are observed in the single-lepton topology and 9 events in the dilepton topology. The corresponding expected backgrounds from non-t (t) over bar Standard Model processes are estimated using data-driven methods and determined to be 12.2 +\/- 3.9 events and 2.5 +\/- 0.6 events, respectively. The kinematic properties of the selected events are consistent with SM t (t) over bar production. The inclusive top quark pair production cross-section is measured to be sigma(t (t) over bar) = 145 +\/- 31 (stat.)(-27)(+42) (syst.) pb. The measurement agrees with perturbative QCD calculations."

Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A.a., Abdesselam, A., Abdinov, O., et al. (2011). Measurement of the top quark-pair production cross section with ATLAS in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 71(3), 1-36 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1577-6].

Measurement of the top quark-pair production cross section with ATLAS in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV

CERADINI, Filippo;Di Nardo R;Orestano D;PETRUCCI, FABRIZIO;Ruggieri F;SALAMANNA, GIUSEPPE;
2011-01-01

Abstract

"A measurement of the production cross-section for top quark pairs (t (t) over bar) in pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV is presented using data recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Events are selected in two different topologies: single lepton (electron e or muon mu) with large missing transverse energy and at least four jets, and dilepton (ee, mu mu or e mu) with large missing transverse energy and at least two jets. In a data sample of 2.9 pb(-1), 37 candidate events are observed in the single-lepton topology and 9 events in the dilepton topology. The corresponding expected backgrounds from non-t (t) over bar Standard Model processes are estimated using data-driven methods and determined to be 12.2 +\/- 3.9 events and 2.5 +\/- 0.6 events, respectively. The kinematic properties of the selected events are consistent with SM t (t) over bar production. The inclusive top quark pair production cross-section is measured to be sigma(t (t) over bar) = 145 +\/- 31 (stat.)(-27)(+42) (syst.) pb. The measurement agrees with perturbative QCD calculations."
2011
Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A.a., Abdesselam, A., Abdinov, O., et al. (2011). Measurement of the top quark-pair production cross section with ATLAS in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 71(3), 1-36 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1577-6].
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