Measurement of the tanti-t Production Cross Section in p anti-ptnipbar Collisions at s(1/2) = 1.96-TeV

The authors present a measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in p{bar p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.96 TeV using 318 pb{sup -1} of data collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab. They select t{bar t} decays into the final states e{nu} + jets and {mu}{nu} + jets, in which...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2006-06, Vol.97
Main Authors: Abulencia, A, Acosta, D, Adelman, Jahred A, Affolder, T, Akimoto, T, Albrow, M G, Ambrose, D, Amerio, S, Amidei, D, Anastassov, A, Anikeev, K, /Taiwan, Inst.Phys. /Argonne /Barcelona, IFAE /Baylor U. /INFN, Bologna /Bologna U. /Brandeis U. /UC, Davis /UCLA /UC, San Diego /UC, Santa Barbara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
B QUARKS
CROSS SECTIONS
Experiment-HEP
FERMILAB COLLIDER DETECTOR
PAIR PRODUCTION
PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
PRODUCTION
T QUARKS
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Summary:The authors present a measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in p{bar p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.96 TeV using 318 pb{sup -1} of data collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab. They select t{bar t} decays into the final states e{nu} + jets and {mu}{nu} + jets, in which at least one b quark from the t-quark decays is identified using a secondary vertex-finding algorithm. Assuming a top quark mass of 178 GeV/c{sup 2}, they measure a cross section of 8.7 {+-} 0.9(stat.){sub -0.9}{sup +1.1}(syst.) pb. They also report the first observation of t{bar t} with significance greater than 5{sigma} in the subsample in which both b quarks are identified, corresponding to a cross section of 10.1{sub -1.4}{sup +1.6}(stat.){sub -1.3}{sup +2.0}(syst.) pb.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114