Measurement of the total and differential cross-sections of ttW t\overline{t}W production in pp collisions at s \sqrt{s} = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Collaboration
Jan 10, 2024
71 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 05 (2024) 131,
  • JHEP 05 (2024) 131
  • Published: May 10, 2024
    and
  • Published: May, 2024
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CERN-EP-2023-260
Experiments:

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Abstract: (Springer)
Measurements of inclusive and differential production cross-sections of a top-quark-top-antiquark pair in association with a W boson (ttW t\overline{t}W ) are presented. They are performed by targeting final states with two same-sign or three isolated leptons (electrons or muons) and are based on s \sqrt{s} = 13 TeV proton-proton collision data with an integrated luminosity of 140 fb1^{−1}, recorded from 2015 to 2018 with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The inclusive ttW t\overline{t}W production cross-section is measured to be 880 ± 80 fb, compared to a reference theoretical prediction of 745 ± 50 (scale) ± 13 (2-loop approx.) ± 19 (PDF, αs_{s}) fb. Differential cross-section measurements characterise this process in detail for the first time. Several particle-level observables are compared with a variety of theoretical predictions, which generally agree well with the normalised differential cross-section results. Additionally, the relative charge asymmetry of ttW+ t\overline{t}{W}^{+} and ttW t\overline{t}{W}^{-} is measured inclusively to be ACrel {A}_{\textrm{C}}^{\textrm{rel}} = 0.33 ± 0.05, in very good agreement with the theoretical prediction of 0.322 ± 0.003 (scale) ± 0.007 (PDF), as well as differentially.[graphic not available: see fulltext]
Note:
  • Hadron-Hadron Scattering
  • Top Physics
  • p p: colliding beams
  • top: pair production
  • W: associated production
  • p p: scattering
  • cross section: measured
  • charge: asymmetry: measured
  • channel cross section: measured
  • differential cross section: measured