A Direct Top-Quark Width Measurement from Lepton + Jets Events at CDF II.

A Direct Top-Quark Width Measurement from Lepton + Jets Events at CDF II.
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We present a measurement of the top-quark width using t{bar t} events produced in p{bar p} collisions at Fermilab's Tevatron collider and collected by the CDF II detector. In the mode where the top quark decays to a W boson and a bottom quark, we select events in which one W decays leptonically and the other hadronically (lepton + jets channel) . From a data sample corresponding to 4.3 fb−1 of integrated luminosity, we identify 756 candidate events. The top-quark mass and the mass of W boson that decays hadronically are reconstructed for each event and compared with templates of different top-quark widths ([Lambda]{sub t}) and deviations from nominal jet energy scale ([Delta]{sub JES}) to perform a simultaneous fit for both parameters, where [Delta]{sub JES} is used for the in situ calibration of the jet energy scale. By applying a Feldman-Cousins approach, we establish an upper limit at 95% confidence level (CL) of [Lambda]{sub t}

Direct Top Quark Decay Width Measurement in the Tt̄ Lepton+Jets Channel at √s

Direct Top Quark Decay Width Measurement in the Tt̄ Lepton+Jets Channel at √s
Author: Philipp Stolte-Cord to Krax
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The top quark t plays an essential role in the field of elementary particle physics - in particular due to its exceptional properties comprising a large mass, which approximately equals the mass of a tungsten atom, and an enormously short lifetime. This thesis is devoted to the study of a fundamental property of the top quark - its decay width. Its value is predicted by the established Standard Model of particle physics and deviations may hint at yet unknown physics beyond this model. A direct measurement of the decay width of the top quark is presented. The analysis is based on tt events i...

Measurements of the Top-quark Decay Width and Mass at CDF Using the Template Method

Measurements of the Top-quark Decay Width and Mass at CDF Using the Template Method
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Measurements of the top quark decay width and mass are presented using the tt events produced in p p collisions at Fermilab's Tevatron collider and collected by the CDF II detector. A data sample corresponding to 4.3 fb-1 of integrated luminosity is used for the top quark width measurement. Two estimators, the reconstructed top quark mass and the mass of hadronically decaying W boson that comes from the top-quark decay are reconstructed for each event and compared with templates of different input top quark widths and deviations from nominal CDF jet energy scale ([Delta]JES) to perform a simultaneous fit for both parameters. [Delta]JES is used for the in situ calibration of the jet energy scale at CDF. By applying a Feldman-Cousins limit-setting approach, we establish an upper limit at 95% confidence level (CL) of [Gamma]top

The First Measurement of the Top Quark Mass at CDF II in the Lepton+jets and Dilepton Channels Simultaneously

The First Measurement of the Top Quark Mass at CDF II in the Lepton+jets and Dilepton Channels Simultaneously
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The authors present a measurement of the mass of the top quark using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.9 fb−1 of p{bar p} collisions collected at (square root)s = 1.96 TeV with the CDF II detector at Fermilab's Tevatron. This is the first measurement of the top quark mass using top-antitop pair candidate events in the lepton + jets and dilepton decay channels simultaneously. They reconstruct two observables in each channel and use a non-parametric kernel density estimation technique to derive two-dimensional probability density functions from simulated signal and background samples. The observables are the top quark mass and the invariant mass of two jets from the W decay in the lepton + jets channel, and the top quark mass and the scalar sum of transverse energy of the event in the diletpon channel. They perform a simultaneous fit for the top quark mass and the jet energy scale, which is constrained in situ by the hadronic W boson mass. using 332 lepton + jets candidate events and 144 diletpon candidate events, they measure the top quark mass to be m{sub top} = 171.9 ± 1.7 (stat. + JES) ± 1.1 (other sys.) GeV/c2 = 171.9 ± 2.0 GeV/c2.

Precise Measurement of the Top Quark Mass in the Lepton+jets Topology at CDF II.

Precise Measurement of the Top Quark Mass in the Lepton+jets Topology at CDF II.
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The authors present a measurement of the mass of the top quark from proton-antiproton collisions recorded at the CDF experiment in Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron. They analyze events from the single lepton plus jets final state (t{bar t} --> WbW−{bar b} --> lvbq{bar q}{bar b}). The top quark mass is extracted using a direct calculation of the probability density that each event corresponds to the t{bar t} final state. The probability is a function of both the mass of the top quark and the energy scale of the calorimeter jets, which is constrained in situ by the hadronic W boson mass. Using 167 events observed in 955 pb−1 of integrated luminosity, they achieve the single most precise measurement of the top quark mass, 170.8 ± 2.2(stat.) ± 1.4(syst.) GeV/c2.

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass Simultaneously in Dilepton and Lepton + Jets Decay Channels

Measurement of the Top Quark Mass Simultaneously in Dilepton and Lepton + Jets Decay Channels
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The authors present the first measurement of the top quark mass using simultaneously data from two decay channels. They use a data sample of (square root)s = 1.96 TeV collisions with integrated luminosity of 1.9 fb−1 collected by the CDF II detector. They select dilepton and lepton + jets channel decays of t{bar t} pairs and reconstruct two observables in each topology. They use non-parametric techniques to derive probability density functions from simulated signal and background samples. The observables are the reconstructed top quark mass and the scalar sum of transverse energy of the event in the dilepton topology and the reconstructed top quark mass and the invariant mass of jets from the W boson decay in lepton + jets channel. They perform a simultaneous fit for the top quark mass and the jet energy scale which is constrained in situ by the hadronic W boson resonance from the lepton + jets channel. Using 144 dilepton candidate events and 332 lepton + jets candidate events they measure: M{sub top} = 171.9 ± 1.7 (stat. + JES) ± 1.1 (other sys.) GeV/c2 = 171.9 ± 2.0 GeV/c2. The measurement features a robust treatment of the systematic uncertainties, correlated between the two channels and develops techniques for a future top quark mass measurement simultaneously in all decay channels. Measurements of the W boson mass and the top quark mass provide a constraint on the mass of the yet unobserved Higgs boson. The Higgs boson mass implied by measurement presented here is higher than Higgs boson mass implied by previously published, most precise CDF measurements of the top quark mass in lepton + jets and dilepton channels separately.

Measurement of the Top-quark Mass in the Lepton+jets Channel Using a Matrix Element Technique with the CDF II Detector

Measurement of the Top-quark Mass in the Lepton+jets Channel Using a Matrix Element Technique with the CDF II Detector
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A measurement of the top-quark mass is presented using Tevatron data from proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energy √ = 1.96 TeV collected with the CDF II detector. Events are selected from a sample of candidates for production of t{bar t} pairs that decay into the lepton+jets channel. The top-quark mass is measured with an unbinned maximum likelihood method where the event probability density functions are calculated using signal and background matrix elements, as well as a set of parameterized jet-to-parton transfer functions. The likelihood function is maximized with respect to the top-quark mass, the signal fraction in the sample, and a correction to the jet energy scale (JES) calibration of the calorimeter jets. The simultaneous measurement of the JES correction ([Delta]{sub JES}) amounts to an additional in situ jet energy calibration based on the known mass of the hadronically decaying W boson. Using the data sample of 578 lepton+jets candidate events, corresponding to 3.2 fb−1 of integrated luminosity, the top-quark mass is measured to be m{sub t} = 172.4 ± 1.4 (stat + [Delta]{sub JES}) ± 1.3 (syst) GeV/c2.