The t anti-t cross-section at 1.8-TeV and 1.96-TeV: A Study of the systematics due to parton densities and scale dependence

Cacciari, M.; Frixione, S.; Mangano, M.L.; Nason, P.; Ridolfi, G.

doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2004/04/068

The t anti-t cross-section at 1.8-TeV and 1.96-TeV: A Study of the systematics due to parton densities and scale dependence

M. Cacciari
(
- Parma U. and
- INFN, Parma
)
,
S. Frixione
(
- INFN, Genoa
)
,
M.L. Mangano
(
- CERN
)
,
P. Nason
(
- INFN, Milan
)
,
G. Ridolfi
(
- INFN, Genoa
)

Mar, 2003

12 pages

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JHEP 04 (2004) 068

e-Print:

hep-ph/0303085 [hep-ph]

DOI:

10.1088/1126-6708/2004/04/068

Report number:

CERN-TH-2003-054

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Abstract:

We update the theoretical predictions for the t-tbar production cross-section at the Tevatron, taking into account the most recent determinations of systematic uncertainties in the extraction of the proton parton densities.

anti-p p: interaction
top: pair production
top
momentum spectrum: parton
renormalization
factorization
top: mass
statistical analysis
channel cross section
numerical calculations: interpretation of experiments

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