Measurement of the t(t)over-barb(b)over-bar production cross section in the all-jet final state in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV
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Journal Article
Abstract
A measurement of the production cross section of top quark pairs in association with two bjets (ttbb) is presented using data collected in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV by the CMS detector at the LHC corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9fb−1. The cross section is measured in the all-jet decay channel of the top quark pair by selecting events containing at least eight jets, of which at least two are identified as originating from the hadronization of bquarks. A combination of multivariate analysis techniques is used to reduce the large background from multijet events not containing a top quark pair, and to help discriminate between jets originating from top quark decays and other additional jets. The cross section is determined for the total phase space to be 5.5 ±0.3 (stat)+1.6−1.3(syst) pb and also measured for two fiducial ttbb definitions. The measured cross sections are found to be larger than theoretical predictions by a factor of 1.5–2.4, corresponding to 1–2 standard deviations.
Date Issued
2020-04-10
Date Acceptance
2020-02-06
Citation
Physics Letters B: Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics, 2020, 803, pp.1-26
ISSN
0370-2693
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
1
End Page
26
Journal / Book Title
Physics Letters B: Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics
Volume
803
Copyright Statement
©2020 The Author. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Funded by SCOAP3.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Physics, Nuclear
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
CMS
Top
Measurement
TOP-QUARK PAIR
PLUS PLUS
ASSOCIATION
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 135285
Date Publish Online
2020-02-12