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Top quark mass measurement from dilepton events at CDF II with the matrix-element method

ContributorsCDF Collaboration
Publication date2006
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We describe a measurement of the top quark mass using events with two charged leptons collected by the CDF II detector from pp collisions with s√=1.96  TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron. The likelihood in top quark mass is calculated for each event by convoluting the leading order matrix element describing qq→tt→bℓνℓbℓ′νℓ′ with detector resolution functions. The presence of background events in the data sample is modeled using similar calculations involving the matrix elements for major background processes. In a data sample with integrated luminosity of 340  pb−1, we observe 33 candidate events and measure Mtop=165.2±6.1(stat.)±3.4(syst.)  GeV/c2. This measurement represents the first application of this method to events with two charged leptons and is the most precise single measurement of the top quark mass in this channel.

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CDF Collaboration. Top quark mass measurement from dilepton events at CDF II with the matrix-element method. In: Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, 2006, vol. 74, n° 03, p. 032009. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.032009
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