Differential tt¯ cross-section measurements using boosted top quarks in the all-hadronic final state with 139 fb −1 of ATLAS data

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  • The ATLAS collaboration - , Istanbul Aydin University, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul Bilgi University, University of California at Berkeley, iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences, University of Pretoria, University of South Africa, Cadi Ayyad University, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates University, University of Georgia (Tbilisi), CERN (Author)
  • Chair of Experimental Particle Physics
  • Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics
  • Chair of Particle Physics
  • Aix-Marseille Université
  • University of Oklahoma
  • University of Massachusetts
  • University of Göttingen
  • Royal Holloway University of London
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Mohammed V University in Rabat
  • Tel Aviv University
  • Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
  • Argonne National Laboratory
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
  • King's College London (KCL)
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules LAPP
  • AGH University of Science and Technology
  • University of Toronto
  • Brandeis University
  • Northern Illinois University
  • Bogazici University
  • Istanbul University
  • University of Geneva
  • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
  • University of California at Santa Cruz
  • Université Paris-Saclay
  • Institute for High Energy Physics
  • University of Pavia
  • Radboud University Nijmegen
  • Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi
  • TUD Dresden University of Technology
  • University College London
  • Polish Academy of Sciences
  • University of Warwick

Abstract

Measurements of single-, double-, and triple-differential cross-sections are presented for boosted top-quark pair-production in 13 TeV proton–proton collisions recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The top quarks are observed through their hadronic decay and reconstructed as large-radius jets with the leading jet having transverse momentum (pT) greater than 500 GeV. The observed data are unfolded to remove detector effects. The particle-level cross-section, multiplied by the tt¯ → WWbb¯ branching fraction and measured in a fiducial phase space defined by requiring the leading and second-leading jets to have pT> 500 GeV and pT> 350 GeV, respectively, is 331 ± 3(stat.) ± 39(syst.) fb. This is approximately 20% lower than the prediction of 398−49+48 fb by Powheg+Pythia 8 with next-to-leading-order (NLO) accuracy but consistent within the theoretical uncertainties. Results are also presented at the parton level, where the effects of top-quark decay, parton showering, and hadronization are removed such that they can be compared with fixed-order next-to-next-to-leading-order (NNLO) calculations. The parton-level cross-section, measured in a fiducial phase space similar to that at particle level, is 1.94 ± 0.02(stat.) ± 0.25(syst.) pb. This agrees with the NNLO prediction of 1.96−0.17+0.02 pb. Reasonable agreement with the differential cross-sections is found for most NLO models, while the NNLO calculations are generally in better agreement with the data. The differential cross-sections are interpreted using a Standard Model effective field-theory formalism and limits are set on Wilson coefficients of several four-fermion operators. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].

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Original languageEnglish
Article number80
JournalJournal of high energy physics
Volume2023
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

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Keywords

  • Hadron-Hadron Scattering, Jet Substructure and Boosted Jets, Top Physics