Measurement of the top quark mass using a profile likelihood approach with the lepton + jets final states in proton–proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13\,\text {Te}\hspace{-.08em}\text {V} $

Benecke, Anna;Bruno, Giacomo;Bury, Florian;Caputo, Claudio;Bethani, Agni;et.al.
(2023) European Physical Journal C — Vol. 83 (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 mass of the top quark is measured in 36.3$\,\text {fb}^{-1}$ of LHC proton–proton collision data collected with the CMS detector at $\sqrt{s}=13\,\text {Te}\hspace{-.08em}\text {V} $. The measurement uses a sample of top quark pair candidate events containing one isolated electron or muon and at least four jets in the final state. For each event, the mass is reconstructed from a kinematic fit of the decay products to a top quark pair hypothesis. A profile likelihood method is applied using up to four observables per event to extract the top quark mass. The top quark mass is measured to be $171.77\pm 0.37\,\text {Ge}\hspace{-.08em}\text {V} $. This approach significantly improves the precision over previous measurements.
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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 top quark mass using a profile likelihood approach with the lepton + jets final states in proton–proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13\,\text {Te}\hspace{-.08em}\text {V} $. European Physical Journal C, 83. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12050-4 (Original work published 2023)