Measurement of the tt¯ cross section and its ratio to the Z production cross section using pp collisions at s=13.6 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Measurement of the tt¯ cross section and its ratio to the Z production cross section using pp collisions at s=13.6 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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The inclusive top-quark-pair production cross section σ_tt¯ and its ratio to the Z-boson production cross section have been measured in proton–proton collisions at s=13.6 TeV, using 29 fb⁻¹ of data collected in 2022 with the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Using events with an opposite-charge electron-muon pair and b-tagged jets, and assuming Standard Model decays, the top-quark-pair production cross section is measured to be σ_tt¯=850±3(stat.)±18(syst.)±20(lumi.) pb. The ratio of the tt¯ and the Z-boson production cross sections is also measured, where the Z-boson contribution is determined for inclusive e⁺e⁻ and μ⁺μ⁻ events in a fiducial phase space. The relative uncertainty on the ratio is reduced compared to the tt¯ cross section, thanks to the cancellation of several systematic uncertainties. The result for the ratio, R_tt¯/Z=1.145±0.003(stat.)±0.021(syst.)±0.002(lumi.) is consistent with the Standard Model prediction using the PDF4LHC21 PDF set.

Original language	English
Article number	138376
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	848
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138376
State	Published - Jan 2024

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Funders	Funder number
BSF-NSF
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Australian Research Council
La Caixa Banking Foundation
Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
National Stroke Foundation
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
CEA-DRF
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Horizon 2020, ICSC-NextGenerationEU
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
INFN-CNAF
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Israel Science Foundation
Wallenberg Foundation
Leverhulme Trust
PROMETEO
Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation
Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS
Generalitat de Catalunya
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft
Austrian Science Fund
Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej
Alabama Space Grant Consortium
GenT Programmes Generalitat Valenciana , Spain
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
GridKA
Göran Gustafssons Stiftelser
MIZŠ
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Neurosurgical Research Foundation
Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja
U.S. Department of Energy
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
EU-ESF
Horizon 2020 , ICSC-NextGenerationEU
RGC
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Institutul de Fizică Atomică
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases, Weizmann Institute of Science
GenT Programmes Generalitat Valenciana, Spain
Irish Rugby Football Union
Cantons of Bern and Geneva
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Defence Science Institute
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
MNE
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
Minerva Foundation
European Research Council
Royal Society of South Australia
European Regional Development Fund
CERN
Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy
National Research Council Canada
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Multiple Sclerosis Scientific Research Foundation
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
National Natural Science Foundation of China
British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund	21/SCI/017
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme	754510, 754558
UNCE	SCI/013
NDGF	CC-IN2P3
DNSRC	IN2P3-CNRS
Norwegian Financial Mechanism	2014-2021

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