NNLO QCD predictions for fully-differential top-quark pair production at the Tevatron
Jan 20, 2016
39 pages
Published in:
- JHEP 05 (2016) 034
- Published: May 5, 2016
e-Print:
- 1601.05375 [hep-ph]
Report number:
- CAVENDISH-HEP-16-01,
- TTK-16-02
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We present a comprehensive study of differential distributions for Tevatron top-pair events at the level of stable top quarks. All calculations are performed in NNLO QCD with the help of a fully differential partonic Monte-Carlo and are exact at this order in perturbation theory. We present predictions for all kinematic distributions for which data exists. Particular attention is paid on the top-quark forward-backward asymmetry which we study in detail. We compare the NNLO results with existing approximate NNLO predictions as well as differential distributions computed with different parton distribution sets. Theory errors are significantly smaller than current experimental ones with overall agreement between theory and data.Note:
- 38 pages, 13 figures, 13 tables
- QCD Phenomenology
- Batavia TEVATRON Coll
- anti-p p: scattering
- top: pair production
- top: angular distribution
- angular distribution: asymmetry
- quantum chromodynamics: correction
- correction: higher-order
- higher-order: 2
- numerical calculations: Monte Carlo
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