Measurement of the inclusive tt¯ cross section in final states with at least one lepton and additional jets with 302 pb − 1 of pp collisions at √s = 5. 02 TeV

CMS Collaboration, D. Anthony, Jim Brooke, Aaron Bundock, Florian J J Bury, Emyr J Clement, David G Cussans, H. Flächer, Maciej Glowacki, Joel Goldstein, Helen F Heath, Mei-Li Holmberg, Lukasz Kreczko, Sudarshan Paramesvaran, Liam Robertshaw, Sarah A Seif El Nasr, Vincent J Smith, Nicolas Stylianou, Katie L M R Walkingshaw Pass

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Abstract

A measurement of the top quark pair (tt¯) production cross section in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV is presented. The data were collected at the LHC in autumn 2017, in dedicated runs with low-energy and low-intensity conditions with respect to the default configuration, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 302 pb−1. The measurement is performed using events with one electron or muon, and multiple jets, at least one of them being identified as originating from a b quark (b tagged). Events are classified based on the number of all reconstructed jets and of b-tagged jets. Multivariate analysis techniques are used to enhance the separation between the signal and backgrounds. The measured cross section is 62.5 ± 1.6(stat)+2.6-2.5(syst) ± 1.2 (lumi) pb. A combination with the result in the dilepton channel based on the same data set yields a value of 62.3 ± 1.5 (stat) ± 2.4 (syst) ± 1.2 (lumi) pb, to be compared with the standard model prediction of 69.5+3.5-3.7 pb at next-to-next-to-leading order in perturbative quantum chromodynamics.
Original languageEnglish
Article number99
Number of pages44
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2025
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Apr 2025

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