Measurement of the <math altimg="si1.svg"><mi mathvariant="normal">t</mi><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">t</mi></mrow><mrow><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mrow></mover></math> charge asymmetry in events with highly Lorentz-boosted top quarks in pp collisions at <math altimg="si2.svg"><msqrt><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow></msqrt><mo linebreak="goodbreak" linebreakstyle="after">=</mo><mn>13</mn></math> TeV

Benecke, Anna;Bruno, Giacomo;Bury, Florian;Caputo, Claudio;Bethani, Agni;et.al.
(2023) Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics — Vol. 846 (2023)

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  • Benecke, AnnaUCLouvain
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  • Bury, FlorianUCLouvain
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  • Caputo, ClaudioUCLouvain
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  • David, PieterUCLouvain
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  • Donertas, Izzeddin SuatUCLouvain
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  • Jaffel, KhawlaUCLouvain
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  • Jain, SandhyaUCLouvain
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  • Mondal, KuntalUCLouvain
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  • Taliercio, AngelaUCLouvain
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  • Tran, Tu ThongUCLouvain
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  • Vischia, PietroUCLouvain
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  • Wertz, SébastienUCLouvain
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  • Bethani, Agniorcid-logoUCLouvain
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Abstract
The measurement of the charge asymmetry in top quark pair events with highly Lorentz-boosted top quarks decaying to a single lepton and jets is presented. The analysis is performed using proton-proton collisions at <math altimg="si3.svg"><msqrt><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow></msqrt><mo linebreak="goodbreak" linebreakstyle="after">=</mo><mn>13</mn><mspace width="0.25em"/><mtext>TeV</mtext></math> with the CMS detector at the LHC and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 <math altimg="si4.svg"><msup><mrow><mtext>fb</mtext></mrow><mrow><mo linebreak="badbreak" linebreakstyle="after">−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></math>. The selection is optimized for top quarks produced with large Lorentz boosts, resulting in nonisolated leptons and overlapping jets. The top quark charge asymmetry is measured for events with a <math altimg="si1.svg"><mi mathvariant="normal">t</mi><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">t</mi></mrow><mrow><mo stretchy="false">¯</mo></mrow></mover></math> invariant mass larger than 750 GeV and corrected for detector and acceptance effects using a binned maximum likelihood fit. The measured top quark charge asymmetry of <math altimg="si5.svg"><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msubsup><mrow><mn>0.42</mn></mrow><mrow><mo linebreak="badbreak" linebreakstyle="after">−</mo><mn>0.69</mn></mrow><mrow><mo linebreak="badbreak" linebreakstyle="after">+</mo><mn>0.64</mn></mrow></msubsup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mtext>%</mtext></math> is in good agreement with the standard model prediction at next-to-next-to-leading order in quantum chromodynamic perturbation theory with next-to-leading-order electroweak corrections. The result is also presented for two invariant mass ranges, 750–900 and <math altimg="si6.svg"><mo lspace="0em" rspace="0em" linebreak="badbreak" linebreakstyle="after">&gt;</mo><mn>900</mn><mspace width="0.25em"/><mtext>GeV</mtext></math>.
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Benecke, A., Bruno, G., Bury, F., Caputo, C., David, P., Delaere, C., Donertas, I. S., Giammanco, A., Jaffel, K., Jain, S., Lemaitre, V., Mondal, K., Taliercio, A., Tran, T. T., Vischia, P., Wertz, S., CMS, Bethani, A., & et al. (2023). Measurement of the <math altimg=“si1.svg”><mi mathvariant=“normal”>t</mi><mover accent=“true”><mrow><mi mathvariant=“normal”>t</mi></mrow><mrow><mo stretchy=“false”>¯</mo></mrow></mover></math> charge asymmetry in events with highly Lorentz-boosted top quarks in pp collisions at <math altimg=“si2.svg”><msqrt><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow></msqrt><mo linebreak=“goodbreak” linebreakstyle=“after”>=</mo><mn>13</mn></math> TeV. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2023.137703 (Original work published 2023)