Publication
Title
Top quark mass measurement from dilepton events at CDF II with the matrix-element method
Author
Institution/Organisation
CDF Collaboration
Abstract
We describe a measurement of the top quark mass using events with two charged leptons collected by the CDF II detector from pp̅ 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 qq̅ →tt̅ →bℓνℓb̅ ℓ′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.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical review : D : particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology / American Physical Society. - Ridge, N.Y., 2004 - 2015
Physical review : D : particles and fields. - Lancaster, Pa, 1970 - 2003
Publication
Ridge, N.Y. : American Physical Society , 2006
ISSN
1550-7998 [print]
1550-2368 [online]
DOI
10.1103/PHYSREVD.74.032009
Volume/pages
74 :3 (2006) , p. 032009,1-032009,20
ISI
000240239300020
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UAntwerpen
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