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2016

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Measurement Of Spin Correlations In Tt Production Using The Matrix Element Method In The Muon+Jets Final State In Pp Collisions At √S=8 Tev, M M. Baarmand, Vallary Bhopatkar, Marcus Hohlmann, H Kalakhety, D Noonan, Tuhin S. Roy, Francisco X. Yumiceva, Cms Collaboration Jan 2016

Measurement Of Spin Correlations In Tt Production Using The Matrix Element Method In The Muon+Jets Final State In Pp Collisions At √S=8 Tev, M M. Baarmand, Vallary Bhopatkar, Marcus Hohlmann, H Kalakhety, D Noonan, Tuhin S. Roy, Francisco X. Yumiceva, Cms Collaboration

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications

The consistency of the spin correlation strength in top quark pair production with the standard model (SM) prediction is tested in the muon+jets final state. The events are selected from pp collisions, collected by the CMS detector, at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb-1. The data are compared with the expectation for the spin correlation predicted by the SM and with the expectation of no correlation. Using a template fit method, the fraction of events that show SM spin correlations is measured to be 0.72±0.08(stat)+0.15-0.13(syst), representing the most precise measurement of this …


Inclusive And Differential Measurements Of The Tt Charge Asymmetry In Pp Collisions At √S=8 Tev, M M. Baarmand, Vallary Bhopatkar, Marcus Hohlmann, H Kalakhety, D Mareskas-Palcek, Tuhin S. Roy, Francisco X. Yumiceva, Cms Collaboration Jan 2016

Inclusive And Differential Measurements Of The Tt Charge Asymmetry In Pp Collisions At √S=8 Tev, M M. Baarmand, Vallary Bhopatkar, Marcus Hohlmann, H Kalakhety, D Mareskas-Palcek, Tuhin S. Roy, Francisco X. Yumiceva, Cms Collaboration

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications

The tt- charge asymmetry is measured in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The data, collected with the CMS experiment at the LHC, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb-1. Selected events contain an electron or a muon and four or more jets, where at least one jet is identified as originating from b-quark hadronization. The inclusive charge asymmetry is found to be 0.0010±0.0068 (stat)±0.0037 (syst). In addition, differential charge asymmetries as a function of rapidity, transverse momentum, and invariant mass of the tt- system are studied. For the first time at the LHC, the measurements …