Publication
Title
Measurement of the $t\bar{t}$ production cross section in pp collisions at 7 TeV in lepton+jets events using b-quark jet identification
Author
Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
 A new measurement of the inclusive production cross section for pp→tt̅ is performed at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV using data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The analysis uses a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36  pb-1, and is based on the final state with one isolated, high transverse momentum muon or electron, missing transverse energy, and hadronic jets. The tt̅ content of the selected events is enhanced by requiring the presence of at least one jet consistent with b-quark hadronization. The measured cross section is 150±9(stat)±17(syst)±6(lumi)  pb and is in agreement with higher-order QCD calculations. The combination of this measurement with a previous CMS result based on dileptons gives 154±17(stat+syst)±6(lumi)  pb.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physical review : D : particles and fields. - Lancaster, Pa, 1970 - 2003
Publication
Lancaster, Pa : 2011
ISSN
0556-2821
Volume/pages
84:9(2011), p. 1-24
Article Reference
092004
ISI
000297124000003
Medium
E-only publicatie
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