Measurement of the tt¯ γ production cross section in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration

doi:10.1007/JHEP11(2017)086

Measurement of the tt¯ γ production cross section in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration

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Abstract

The cross section of a top-quark pair produced in association with a photon is measured in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s=8 TeV with 20.2 fb⁻¹ of data collected by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider in 2012. The measurement is performed by selecting events that contain a photon with transverse momentum p_T > 15 GeV, an isolated lepton with large transverse momentum, large missing transverse momentum, and at least four jets, where at least one is identified as originating from a b-quark. The production cross section is measured in a fiducial region close to the selection requirements. It is found to be 139 ± 7 (stat.) ± 17 (syst.) fb, in good agreement with the theoretical prediction at next-to-leading order of 151 ± 24 fb. In addition, differential cross sections in the fiducial region are measured as a function of the transverse momentum and pseudorapidity of the photon.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Original language	English
Article number	86
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2017
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2017)086
State	Published - 1 Nov 2017

Funding

Funders	Funder number
AvH Foundation
Benoziyo Center, Israel
CEA-DSM/IRFU
Canada Council
DNSRC	IN2P3-CNRS
DST/NRF
EU-ESF
In-vestissements d’Avenir Labex
MES of Russia
MESTD
MNE/IFA
MSMT
MSSR
Marie Sklo dowska-Curie Actions
Minerva, Israel
RGC
Région Auvergne
VSC CR
National Science Foundation	1624739
National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Energy
Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (COLCIENCIAS)
Ontario Innovation Trust
Canarie
Biomedical Research Foundation
Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science
CERN
Compute Canada
National Research Council
College of Arts and Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Glycemic Index Foundation
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Science and Technology Facilities Council	PP/E000347/1, ST/I005846/1, ST/H001093/2, ST/K001361/1, ST/N000331/1, ST/H001158/2, ST/K003666/1, ST/H001093/1, ST/L005662/1, PP/E000452/1, ST/N000447/1, ST/J00488X/1, ST/M006417/1, ST/H001158/1, 1653101, ST/N000277/1, 1659192
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Leverhulme Trust
Royal Society
British Skin Foundation
European Commission
European Commission
Australian Research Council
Rozetta Institute
Singapore Eye Research Institute
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Austrian Science Fund
Generalitat de Catalunya
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies
Ministerstvo Zdravotnictví Ceské Republiky
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Generalitat Valenciana
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft
General Secretariat for Research and Technology
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Ministry of Science and Technology
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Israel Science Foundation
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS
Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation
Israeli Centers for Research Excellence
Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique
Horizon 2020
British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund
European Regional Development Fund
Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation
Fondation Partager le Savoir
National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute"
Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Keywords

Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
Top physics

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Measurement of the tt¯ γ production cross section in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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