Publication
Title
Measurement of the charge asymmetry in top quark pair production in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=8 TeV using a template method
Author
Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
 The charge asymmetry in the production of top quark and antiquark pairs is measured in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.6 fb(-1), were collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. Events with a single isolated electron or muon, and four or more jets, at least one of which is likely to have originated from hadronization of a bottom quark, are selected. A template technique is used to measure the asymmetry in the distribution of differences in the top quark and antiquark absolute rapidities. The measured asymmetry is A(c)(y) = [0.33 +/- 0.26(stat) +/- 0.33(syst)]%, which is the most precise result to date. The results are compared to calculations based on the standard model and on several beyond-the-standard-model scenarios.
Language
English
Source (journal)
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
Publication
2016
Volume/pages
93:3(2016), 27 p.
Article Reference
034014
ISI
000370618500002
Medium
E-only publicatie
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