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用双轻子事例测量sqrt(s)= 1.96 TeV的p-pbar碰撞的t-tbar截面

A Measurement of the t-tbar Cross Section in p-pbar Collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV using Dilepton Events with a Lepton plus Track Selection

The CDF Collaboration, T. Aaltonen

摘要:

本文报道了在费米实验室Tevatron装置上测量的sqrt(s)= 1.96TeV的ppbar碰撞中顶夸克对产生的截面。数据是从CDF II探测器在一组运行中收集的,总积分亮度为1.1 fb^{-1}。截面是在双轻子通道中测量的,双轻子通道是ttbar事件的子集,其中两个顶夸克都通过t -> Wb -> l nu b衰变,其中l = e,mu或tau。轻子对被重建为一个已识别的电子或μ子和一个孤立的径迹。使用孤立径迹来识别第二轻子增加了ttbar的接受度,特别是对于一个W衰变为W -> τ nu的情况。通过需要识别的b-jet,可以以减少信号事件的数量为代价进一步提高样品的纯度。我们提出的测量结果进行了确定的b-喷气机的要求和没有。前者是第一个发表的CDF结果,其中b-jet要求被添加到双轻子选择。在CDF数据中,有129个前标记轻子+径迹候选事件,其中69个被标记。利用标记信息,样本被划分为标记的子样本和未标记的子样本,并且通过最大化似然来计算组合的截面。结果为sigma_{ttbar} = 9.6 +/- 1.2(统计)-0.5 +0.6(系统)+/- 0.6(lum.)pb,假设BR的分支比(W -> ell nu)= 10.8%,顶质量m_t = 175 GeV/c^2。

英文摘要:

This paper reports a measurement of the cross section for the pair production of top quarks in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron. The data was collected from the CDF II detector in a set of runs with a total integrated luminosity of 1.1 fb^{-1}. The cross section is measured in the dilepton channel, the subset of ttbar events in which both top quarks decay through t -> Wb -> l nu b where l = e, mu, or tau. The lepton pair is reconstructed as one identified electron or muon and one isolated track. The use of an isolated track to identify the second lepton increases the ttbar acceptance, particularly for the case in which one W decays as W -> tau nu. The purity of the sample may be further improved at the cost of a reduction in the number of signal events, by requiring an identified b-jet. We present the results of measurements performed with and without the request of an identified b-jet. The former is the first published CDF result for which a b-jet requirement is added to the dilepton selection. In the CDF data there are 129 pretag lepton + track candidate events, of which 69 are tagged. With the tagging information, the sample is divided into tagged and untagged sub-samples, and a combined cross section is calculated by maximizing a likelihood. The result is sigma_{ttbar} = 9.6 +/- 1.2 (stat.) -0.5 +0.6 (sys.) +/- 0.6 (lum.) pb, assuming a branching ratio of BR(W -> ell nu) = 10.8% and a top mass of m_t = 175 GeV/c^2.

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