Measurement of the top quark mass in the tt¯ → lepton+jets channel from √s=8 TeV ATLAS data and combination with previous results

Summary, in English

The top quark mass is measured using a template method in the tt¯ → lepton + jets channel (lepton is e or μ) using ATLAS data recorded in 2012 at the LHC. The data were taken at a proton–proton centre-of-mass energy of s=8 TeV and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 20.2 fb - 1 . The tt¯ → lepton + jets channel is characterized by the presence of a charged lepton, a neutrino and four jets, two of which originate from bottom quarks (b). Exploiting a three-dimensional template technique, the top quark mass is determined together with a global jet energy scale factor and a relative b-to-light-jet energy scale factor. The mass of the top quark is measured to be mtop=172.08±0.39(stat)±0.82(syst) GeV. A combination with previous ATLAS m top measurements gives mtop=172.69±0.25(stat)±0.41(syst) GeV. © 2019, CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration.

• Author: M Aaboud; Torsten Åkesson; Simona Bocchetta; Eric Corrigan; Caterina Doglioni; Kristian Gregersen; Eva Brottmann Hansen; Vincent Hedberg; Göran Jarlskog; Charles Kalderon; Edgar Kellermann; Balazs Konya; Else Lytken; Katja Mankinen; Caterina Marcon; Ulf Mjörnmark; Geoffrey Mullier; Ruth Pöttgen; Trine Poulsen; Oxana Smirnova; L Zwalinski
• Department/s: Particle and nuclear physics; eSSENCE: The e-Science Collaboration
• Publishing year: 2019
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: European Physical Journal C
• Volume: 79
• Issue: 4
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6757-9
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Springer Nature
• Topic: Subatomic Physics
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1434-6044