Publication
Title
Measurement of the charge asymmetry in top-quark pair production in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV
Author
Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
 The difference in angular distributions between top quarks and antiquarks, commonly referred to as the charge asymmetry, is measured in pp collisions at the LHC with the CMS experiment. The. data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 1.09 fb(-1) at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. Top-quark pairs are selected in the final state with an electron or muon and four or more jets. At least one jet is identified as originating from b-quark hadronization. The charge asymmetry is measured in two variables, one based on the pseudorapidities (eta) of the top quarks and the other on their rapidities (y). The results A(C)(eta) = -0.017 +/- 0.032 (stat.)(-0.036)(+0.025) (syst.) and A(C)(y) = -0.013 +/- 0.028 (stat.)(-0.031)(+0.029) (syst.) are consistent within uncertainties with the standard-model predictions. (C) 2012 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physics letters: B. - Amsterdam, 1967, currens
Publication
Amsterdam : 2012
ISSN
0370-2693
1873-2445
Volume/pages
709:1-2(2012), p. 28-49
ISI
000302111200006
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