Measurement of the charge asymmetry in top-quark pair production in the lepton-plus-jets final state in pp collision data at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

This paper reports inclusive and differential measurements of the t ¯t charge asymmetry A<sub>C</sub> in 20.3 fb<sup>−1</sup> of √s = 8 TeV pp collisions recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Three differential measurements are performed as a...

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Autores principales: Alconada Verzini, María Josefina, Alonso, Francisco, Arduh, Francisco Anuar, Dova, María Teresa, Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel, Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo, The ATLAS Collaboration
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Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/80951
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Sumario:This paper reports inclusive and differential measurements of the t ¯t charge asymmetry A<sub>C</sub> in 20.3 fb<sup>−1</sup> of √s = 8 TeV pp collisions recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Three differential measurements are performed as a function of the invariant mass, transverse momentum and longitudinal boost of the t ¯t system. The t ¯t pairs are selected in the single-lepton channels (e or μ) with at least four jets, and a likelihood fit is used to reconstruct the t ¯t event kinematics. A Bayesian unfolding procedure is performed to infer the asymmetry at parton level from the observed data distribution. The inclusive t ¯t charge asymmetry is measured to be A<sub>C</sub> = 0.009 ± 0.005 (stat. + syst.). The inclusive and differential measurements are compatible with the values predicted by the Standard Model.