A Search for Top Quarks in Proton-antiproton Collisions Using Dileptons
A Search for Top Quarks in Proton-antiproton Collisions Using Dileptons

Author: Andrew James Martin

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A search for tt pairs in pp collisions with a center of mass energy $sqrt s$ = 1.8TeV is presented. The analysis looks for tt pairs which decayed through the chain $bar {tt}to Wsp+bWsp-bar btoellsp+bar nu bellsp-nubar b$ where one of the b quarks is explicitly identified. In a sample of 109.4 $pm$ 7.2 pb$sp{-1}$ of data, 6 tags in 4 events are found with an expected background of 1.53 $pm$.33 events. This results in an estimated production cross section of 4.6$sbsp{-3.1}{+4.4}$ pb at $msb{top}$ = 175 GeV/$csp2.$

Study on the Top Quark Pair Production Mechanism in 1.96 TeV Proton-antiproton Collisions
Study on the Top Quark Pair Production Mechanism in 1.96 TeV Proton-antiproton Collisions

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Published: 2008

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The study of the top quark pair production mechanism in proton-antiproton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV is described. The main subjects are the measurements of the top quark pair production cross section, the top quark mass and a search for a new particle decaying to the top quark pair. The analyses are based on 1.9 fb−1 of data collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) Run II experiment between March 2002 and May 2007, using the lepton+jets events. The measured top quark pair production cross section is 8.2 ± 0.5 (stat.) ± 0.8 (syst.) ± 0.5 (lum.) pb, which is slightly higher than the standard model prediction at the top mass of 175 GeV/c2. The top quark mass is an important parameter in the standard model, and also in the experimental studies. The measured top quark mass if 171.6 ± 2.0 (stat.) ± 1.3(syst.) GeV/c2. Finally, they report on a search for a new gauge boson decaying to t{bar t}, which interferes with the standard model gluon in the q{bar q} --> t{bar t} production process. They call such a hypothetical particle a 'Massive Gluon'. The observed t{bar t} invariant mass distribution is consistent with the standard model expectations, and also the measured massive gluon coupling strength with quarks is consistent within a statistical fluctuation of the standard model expectation in the wide range of the massive gluon masses and widths. They set the upper and lower limits on the coupling strength of the massive gluon.

Top Quark Pair Production Cross Section at Tevatron
Top Quark Pair Production Cross Section at Tevatron

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Published: 2009

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An overview of the recent measurements of the top antitop quark pair production cross section in proton antiproton collisions at (square root)s = 1.96 TeV in lepton + jets and dilepton final states is presented. These measurements are based on 1-2.8 fb−1 of data collected with the D0 and CDF experiments at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. The cross section is measured with a precision close to 8 % and found to be compatible with the standard model prediction. Interpretations of the cross-section measurements for charge higgs search and for top quark mass measurement are also discussed.

Search for Direct Pair Production of Scalar Top Quarks in the Single- and Dilepton Channels in Proton-proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$
Search for Direct Pair Production of Scalar Top Quarks in the Single- and Dilepton Channels in Proton-proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$

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Results are reported from a search for the top squark $ \tilde{t}_1 $, the lighter of the two supersymmetric partners of the top quark. The data sample corresponds to 19.7 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 8 TeV collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. The search targets $ \tilde{t}_1 \to \mathrm{b} \tilde{\chi}^{\pm}_1$ and $ \tilde{t}_1 \to \mathrm{t}^{(*)} \tilde{\chi}^0_1$ decay modes, where $\tilde{\chi}^{\pm}_1$ and $\tilde{\chi}^0_1$ are the lightest chargino and neutralino, respectively. The reconstructed final state consists of jets, b jets, missing transverse energy, and either one or two leptons. Leading backgrounds are determined from data. No significant excess in data is observed above the expectation from standard model processes. The results exclude a region of the two-dimensional plane of possible $ \tilde{t}_1 $ and $\tilde{\chi}^0_1 $ masses. The highest excluded $ \tilde{t}_1 $ and $ \tilde{\chi}^0_1$ masses are about 700 GeV and 250 GeV, respectively.

Search for Standard Model Production of Four Top Quarks in Proton-proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$
Search for Standard Model Production of Four Top Quarks in Proton-proton Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$

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A search for events containing four top quarks (ttbar-ttbar) is reported from proton-proton collisions recorded by the CMS experiment at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.6 inverse femtobarns The analysis considers the single-lepton (e or mu)+jets and the opposite-sign dilepton (mu+mu-, mu+/- e-/+, or e+e- )+jets channels. It uses boosted decision trees to combine information on the global event and jet properties to distinguish between ttbar-ttbar and ttbar production. The number of events observed after all selection requirements is consistent with expectations from background and standard model signal predictions, and an upper limit is set on the cross section for ttbar-ttbar production in the standard model of 94 fb at 95% confidence level (10.2 times the prediction), with an expected limit of 118 fb. This is combined with the results from the published CMS search in the same-sign dilepton channel, resulting in an improved limit of 69 fb at 95% confidence level (7.4 times the prediction), with an expected limit of 71 fb. These are the strongest constraints on the rate of ttbar-ttbar production to date.