Measurement of forward top pair production in the dilepton channel in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV
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Abstract
Forward top quark pair production is studied in pp collisions in the μeb final state using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.93 fb−1collected with the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The cross-section is measured in a fiducial region where both leptons have a transverse momentum greater than 20 GeV and a pseudorapidity between 2.0 and 4.5. The quadrature sum of the azimuthal separation and the difference in pseudorapidities, denoted ΔR, between the two leptons must be larger than 0.1. The b-jet axis is required to be separated from both leptons by a ΔR of 0.5, and to have a transverse momentum in excess of 20 GeV and a pseudorapidity between 2.2 and 4.2. The cross-section is measured to beσtt¯=126±19(stat)±16(syst)±5(lumi)fbwhere the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third is due to the luminosity determination. The measurement is compatible with the Standard Model prediction.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].
Date Issued
2018-08-01
Date Acceptance
2018-08-01
Citation
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018, 2018 (8)
ISSN
1029-8479
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)
Journal / Book Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume
2018
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2018. Copyright CERN,
for the bene t of the LHCb Collaboration.
Article funded by SCOAP3. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
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for the bene t of the LHCb Collaboration.
Article funded by SCOAP3. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in
any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
Top physics
Heavy quark production
Jet physics
QCD
hep-ex
01 Mathematical Sciences
02 Physical Sciences
Nuclear & Particles Physics
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 174
Date Publish Online
2018-08-28