# Measurement of the t t ¯ production cross section in the eμ channel in proton-proton collisions at √s = 7 and 8 TeV

CMS Collaboration; Khachatryan, V.; Sirunyan, A. M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Asilar, E.; Bergauer, T.; Brandstetter, J.; Brondolin, E.; Dragicevic, M.; Erö, J.; Flechl, M.; Friedl, M.; Frühwirth, R.; Ghete, V. M.; Hartl, C.; Hörmann, N.; Hrubec, J.; Jeitler, M.; König, A.; Krammer, M.; ... mehr

Abstract (englisch):
The inclusive cross section for top quark pair production is measured in proton-proton collisions at s = 7 s√=7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to 5.0 and 19.7 fb −1 , respectively, with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The cross sections are measured in the electron-muon channel using a binned likelihood fit to multi-differential final state distributions related to identified b quark jets and other jets in the event. The measured cross section values are 173.6 ± 2.1(stat) − 4.0 + 4.5 (syst) ± 3.8(lumi)pb at s = 7 s√=7 TeV, and 244.9 ± 1.4(stat) − 5.5 + 6.3 (syst) ± 6.4(lumi)pb at s = 8 s√=8 TeV, in good agreement with QCD calculations at next-to-next-to-leading-order accuracy. The ratio of the cross sections measured at 7 and 8 TeV is determined, as well as cross sections in the fiducial regions defined by the acceptance requirements on the two charged leptons in the final state. The cross section results are used to determine the top quark pole mass via the dependence of the theoretically predicted cross section on the mass, giving a best result of 173. 8 − 1.8 + 1.7 GeV. The data at s = 8 s√=8 TeV are also used to set limits, for two neu ... mehr

 Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP) Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz Jahr 2016 Sprache Englisch Identifikator DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2016)029 ISSN: 1126-6708 URN: urn:nbn:de:swb:90-596948 KITopen ID: 1000059694 Erschienen in Journal of high energy physics Band 2016 Heft 8 Seiten 29 Bemerkung zur Veröffentlichung Gefördert durch SCOAP3 Schlagworte Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments); Top physics
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