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Differential t\overline{t} cross-section measurements using boosted top quarks in the all-hadronic final state with 139 fb−1 of ATLAS data

ContributorsATLAS Collaboration
Published inThe journal of high energy physics, vol. 2023, 80
Publication date2023
First online date2023-04-18
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 (p$_{T}$) greater than 500 GeV. The observed data are unfolded to remove detector effects. The particle-level cross-section, multiplied by the $ t\overline{t}\to WWb\overline{b} $ branching fraction and measured in a fiducial phase space defined by requiring the leading and second-leading jets to have p$_{T}$> 500 GeV and p$_{T}$> 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.

Keywords
  • Hadron-Hadron Scattering
  • Jet Substructure and Boosted Jets
  • Top Physics
  • P p: scattering
  • P p: colliding beams
  • Top: pair production
  • Top: effect
  • Top: decay
  • Higher-order: 1
  • Higher-order: 2
  • Perturbation theory: higher-order
  • Quantum chromodynamics: perturbation theory
  • Top: boosted particle
  • Final state: ((n)jet)
  • Phase space
  • Parton: showers
  • ATLAS
  • Differential cross section: measured
  • Angular dependence
  • Transverse momentum dependence
  • Momentum dependence
  • Top: branching ratio
  • Top: hadronic decay
  • Jet: transverse momentum: high
  • CERN LHC Coll
  • Wilson
  • Hadronization
  • Effective field theory
  • Experimental results
  • 13000 GeV-cms
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ATLAS Collaboration. Differential t\overline{t} cross-section measurements using boosted top quarks in the all-hadronic final state with 139 fb−1 of ATLAS data. In: The journal of high energy physics, 2023, vol. 2023, p. 80. doi: 10.1007/jhep04(2023)080
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Additional URL for this publicationhttps://link.springer.com/10.1007/JHEP04(2023)080
Journal ISSN1029-8479
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