Measurement of the inclusive tt \mathrm{t}\overline{\mathrm{t}} production cross section in proton-proton collisions at s \sqrt{s} = 5.02 TeV

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Dec 16, 2021

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Abstract: (Springer)
The top quark pair production cross section is measured in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV. The data were collected in a special LHC low-energy and low-intensity run in 2017, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 302 pb1^{−1}. The measurement is performed using events with one electron and one muon of opposite charge, and at least two jets. The measured cross section is 60.7 ± 5.0 (stat) ± 2.8 (syst) ± 1.1 (lumi) pb. A combination with the result in the single lepton + jets channel, based on data collected in 2015 at the same center-of-mass energy and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 27.4 pb1^{−1}, is then performed. The resulting measured value is 63.0 ± 4.1 (stat) ± 3.0 (syst+lumi) pb, in agreement with the standard model prediction of 66.83.1+2.9 {66.8}_{-3.1}^{+2.9} pb.[graphic not available: see fulltext]
Note:
  • Hadron-Hadron Scattering
  • Top Physics
  • p p: colliding beams
  • channel cross section: measured
  • top: pair production
  • inclusive production
  • p p: scattering
  • muon
  • electron
  • final state: ((n)jet dilepton)