Measurement of the tt¯ production cross section in the dilepton channel in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV


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2012-11

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Abstract

The tt¯ production cross section (σtt¯) is measured in proton-proton collisions at s√=7 TeV in data collected by the CMS experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb−1. The measurement is performed in events with two leptons (electrons or muons) in the final state, at least two jets identified as jets originating from b quarks, and the presence of an imbalance in transverse momentum. The measured value of σtt¯ for a top-quark mass of 172.5 GeV is 161.9±2.5(stat.)+5.1−5.0(syst.)±3.6(lumi.)pb, consistent with the prediction of the standard model.

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2012 (11)

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67

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Springer

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Hadron-Hadron Scattering

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03381 - Pauss, Felicitas (emeritus) check_circle
03593 - Dissertori, Günther / Dissertori, Günther check_circle
03904 - Wallny, Rainer / Wallny, Rainer check_circle
08803 - Grab, Christoph (Tit.Prof.) check_circle

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