Measurements of the t t-bar charge asymmetry using the dilepton decay channel in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

CMS Collaboration;Basegmez, Suzan;Beluffi, Camille;Bruno, Giacomo;Bethani, Agni;et.al.
(2014) Journal of High Energy Physics — Vol. 1404, p. 191 (2014)

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  • CMS CollaborationUCLouvain
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  • Basegmez, SuzanUCLouvain
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  • Beluffi, CamilleUCLouvain
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  • Castello, RobertoUCLouvain
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  • Caudron, AdrienUCLouvain
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  • Ceard, LudivineUCLouvain
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  • Da Silveira, Gustavo GilUCLouvain
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  • Da Silveira, PabloUCLouvain
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  • Du Pree, TristanUCLouvain
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  • Favart, DenisUCLouvain
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  • Forthomme, LaurentUCLouvain
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  • Hollar, JonathanUCLouvain
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  • Jez, PavelUCLouvain
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  • Komm, MatthiasUCLouvain
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  • Liao, JunhuiUCLouvain
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  • Militaru, OtiliaUCLouvain
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  • Nuttens, ClaudeUCLouvain
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  • Pagano, DavideUCLouvain
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  • Pin, ArnaudUCLouvain
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  • Piotrzkowski, KrzysztofUCLouvain
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  • Popov, AndreyUCLouvain
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  • Quertenmont, LoicUCLouvain
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  • Selvaggi, MicheleUCLouvain
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  • Vidal Marono, MiguelUCLouvain
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  • Vizan Garcia, Jesus ManuelUCLouvain
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  • Bethani, Agniorcid-logoUCLouvain
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Abstract
The t t-bar charge asymmetry in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV is measured using the dilepton decay channel (ee, e mu, or mu mu). The data correspond to a total integrated luminosity of 5.0 inverse femtobarns, collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The t t-bar and lepton charge asymmetries, defined as the differences in absolute values of the rapidities between the reconstructed top quarks and antiquarks and of the pseudorapidities between the positive and negative leptons, respectively, are measured to be Ac = -0.010 +/- 0.017 (stat.) +/- 0.008 (syst.) and Ac[lep] = 0.009 +/- 0.010 (stat.) +/- 0.006 (syst). The lepton charge asymmetry is also measured as a function of the invariant mass, rapidity, and transverse momentum of the t t-bar system. All measurements are consistent with the expectations of the standard model.
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CMS Collaboration, Basegmez, S., Beluffi, C., Bruno, G., Castello, R., Caudron, A., Ceard, L., Da Silveira, G. G., Da Silveira, P., Du Pree, T., Favart, D., Forthomme, L., Giammanco, A., Hollar, J., Jez, P., Komm, M., Lemaitre, V., Liao, J., Militaru, O., et al. (2014). Measurements of the t t-bar charge asymmetry using the dilepton decay channel in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics, 1404, 191. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2014)191 (Original work published 2014)