Improving top quark induced charge asymmetries at the LHC using ttbar transverse momentum

We study how the significance of top quark induced charge asymmetries at the LHC may be enhanced exploiting the tt̄ total transverse momentum to enrich the fraction of quark-fusion events in the sample. We combine this variable with previous variables related to the boost and the invariant mass of t...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Alvarez, Ezequiel
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/55661
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/55661
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Quark-Top
Asimetria
Lhc
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Descrição
Resumo:We study how the significance of top quark induced charge asymmetries at the LHC may be enhanced exploiting the tt̄ total transverse momentum to enrich the fraction of quark-fusion events in the sample. We combine this variable with previous variables related to the boost and the invariant mass of the tt̄ pair to find an optimum cut which maximizes the significance of the asymmetry when systematic and statistic errors are taken into account. We find that including the tt̄ transverse momentum in the analysis of the expected 2012 LHC data provides a considerable enhancement in the significance of the asymmetry. © 2012 American Physical Society.