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| CMS-TOP-16-008 ; CERN-EP-2016-227 | ||
| Measurement of differential cross sections for top quark pair production using the lepton+jets final state in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV | ||
| CMS Collaboration | ||
| 13 October 2016 | ||
| Phys. Rev. D 95 (2017) 092001 | ||
| Abstract: Differential and double-differential cross sections for the production of top quark pairs in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV are measured as a function of jet multiplicity and of kinematic variables of the top quarks and the top quark-antiquark system. This analysis is based on data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.3 fb$^{-1}$. The measurements are performed in the lepton+jets decay channels with a single muon or electron in the final state. The differential cross sections are presented at particle level, within a phase space close to the experimental acceptance, and at parton level in the full phase space. The results are compared to several standard model predictions. | ||
| Links: e-print arXiv:1610.04191 [hep-ex] (PDF) ; CDS record ; inSPIRE record ; HepData record ; CADI line (restricted) ; | ||
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Figure 1:
Comparison between the $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ at particle and parton level, extracted from the POWHEG+PYTHIA8 simulation. Left : fraction of parton-level top quarks in the same bin at particle level (purity), fraction of particle-level top quarks in the same bin at parton level (stability), ratio of the number of particle- to parton-level top quarks, and fraction of events with a particle-level top quark pair that are not considered as signal events at parton level. Right : bin migrations between particle and parton level. The ${p_{\mathrm {T}}}$ range of the bins can be taken from the left panel. Each column is normalized to the number of events per column at parton level in the full phase space. |
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Figure 1-a:
Comparison between the $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ at particle and parton level, extracted from the POWHEG+PYTHIA8 simulation: fraction of parton-level top quarks in the same bin at particle level (purity), fraction of particle-level top quarks in the same bin at parton level (stability), ratio of the number of particle- to parton-level top quarks, and fraction of events with a particle-level top quark pair that are not considered as signal events at parton level. |
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Figure 1-b:
Comparison between the $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ at particle and parton level, extracted from the POWHEG+PYTHIA8 simulation: bin migrations between particle and parton level. The ${p_{\mathrm {T}}}$ range of the bins can be taken from Fig. 1-a. Each column is normalized to the number of events per column at parton level in the full phase space. |
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Figure 2:
Top: normalized two-dimensional mass distribution of the correct reconstructed hadronically decaying W bosons $M(\mathrm{ W } )$ and the correct reconstructed top quarks $M( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ for the parton- (left) and the particle- (right) level measurements. Bottom: normalized distributions of the distance ${D_{\nu ,\text {min}}}$ for correctly and wrongly selected $\mathrm{ b } $ jets from the leptonically decaying top quarks. The distributions are taken from the POWHEG+PYTHIA8 ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } }$ simulation. |
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Figure 2-a:
Normalized two-dimensional mass distribution of the correct reconstructed hadronically decaying W bosons $M(\mathrm{ W } )$ and the correct reconstructed top quarks $M( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ for the parton level measurement. The distribution is taken from the POWHEG+PYTHIA8 ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } }$ simulation. |
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Figure 2-b:
Normalized two-dimensional mass distribution of the correct reconstructed hadronically decaying W bosons $M(\mathrm{ W } )$ and the correct reconstructed top quarks $M( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ for the particle level measurement. The distribution is taken from the POWHEG+PYTHIA8 ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } }$ simulation. |
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Figure 2-c:
Normalized distribution of the distance ${D_{\nu ,\text {min}}}$ for correctly selected $\mathrm{ b } $ jets from the leptonically decaying top quarks. The distribution is taken from the POWHEG+PYTHIA8 ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } }$ simulation. |
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Figure 2-d:
Normalized distribution of the distance ${D_{\nu ,\text {min}}}$ for wrongly selected $\mathrm{ b } $ jets from the leptonically decaying top quarks. The distribution is taken from the POWHEG+PYTHIA8 ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } }$ simulation. |
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Figure 3:
Reconstruction efficiency of the ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } }$ system as a function of the number of additional jets for the parton- (left ) and particle- (right ) level measurements calculated based on the simulations with POWHEG+PYTHIA8 (P8), POWHEG+HERWIG++ (H++), and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 . |
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Figure 3-a:
Reconstruction efficiency of the ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } }$ system as a function of the number of additional jets for the parton-level measurement calculated based on the simulations with POWHEG+PYTHIA8 (P8), POWHEG+HERWIG++ (H++), and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 . |
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Figure 3-b:
Reconstruction efficiency of the ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } }$ system as a function of the number of additional jets for the particle-level measurement calculated based on the simulations with POWHEG+PYTHIA8 (P8), POWHEG+HERWIG++ (H++), and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 . |
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Figure 4:
Distribution of the negative log-likelihood for the selected best permutation in the parton- (left ) and the particle- (right ) level measurements in data and simulations. The simulation of POWHEG+PYTHIA8 is used to describe the ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } }$ production. Experimental (cf. Section 10) and statistical uncertainties (hatched area) are shown for the total simulated yield, which is normalized to the measured integrated luminosity. The ratios of data to the sum of the expected yields are provided at the bottom of each panel. |
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Figure 4-a:
Distribution of the negative log-likelihood for the selected best permutation in the parton-level measurement in data and simulations. The simulation of POWHEG+PYTHIA8 is used to describe the ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } }$ production. Experimental (cf. Section 10) and statistical uncertainties (hatched area) are shown for the total simulated yield, which is normalized to the measured integrated luminosity. The ratios of data to the sum of the expected yields are provided at the bottom of each panel. |
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Figure 4-b:
Distribution of the negative log-likelihood for the selected best permutation in the particle-level measurement in data and simulations. The simulation of POWHEG+PYTHIA8 is used to describe the ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } }$ production. Experimental (cf. Section 10) and statistical uncertainties (hatched area) are shown for the total simulated yield, which is normalized to the measured integrated luminosity. The ratios of data to the sum of the expected yields are provided at the bottom of each panel. |
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Figure 5:
Comparisons of the reconstructed $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ (top) and $ {| y( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} ) | }$ (bottom) in data and simulations for the parton (left) and the particle (right) level. The simulation of POWHEG+PYTHIA8 is used to describe the ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } }$ production. Experimental (cf. Section 10) and statistical uncertainties (hatched area) are shown for the total simulated yield, which is normalized according to the measured integrated luminosity. The ratios of data to the expected yields are given at the bottom of each panel. |
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Figure 5-a:
Comparisons of the reconstructed $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ in data and simulations for the parton level. The simulation of POWHEG+PYTHIA8 is used to describe the ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } }$ production. Experimental (cf. Section 10) and statistical uncertainties (hatched area) are shown for the total simulated yield, which is normalized according to the measured integrated luminosity. The ratio of data to the expected yields is given at the bottom of the panel. |
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Figure 5-b:
Comparisons of the reconstructed $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ in data and simulations for the particle level. The simulation of POWHEG+PYTHIA8 is used to describe the ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } }$ production. Experimental (cf. Section 10) and statistical uncertainties (hatched area) are shown for the total simulated yield, which is normalized according to the measured integrated luminosity. The ratio of data to the expected yields is given at the bottom of the panel. |
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Figure 5-c:
Comparisons of the reconstructed $ {| y( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} ) | }$ in data and simulations for the parton level. The simulation of POWHEG+PYTHIA8 is used to describe the ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } }$ production. Experimental (cf. Section 10) and statistical uncertainties (hatched area) are shown for the total simulated yield, which is normalized according to the measured integrated luminosity. The ratio of data to the expected yields is given at the bottom of the panel. |
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Figure 5-d:
Comparisons of the reconstructed $ {| y( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} ) | }$ in data and simulations for the particle level. The simulation of POWHEG+PYTHIA8 is used to describe the ${\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } }$ production. Experimental (cf. Section 10) and statistical uncertainties (hatched area) are shown for the total simulated yield, which is normalized according to the measured integrated luminosity. The ratio of data to the expected yields is given at the bottom of the panel. |
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Figure 6:
Comparisons of the reconstructed distributions of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ (top) and $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ (middle) for the parton- (left) and the particle- (right) level measurements in data and simulations. Bottom: distributions of $ {| y({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } ) | }$ (left) and the number of additional jets (right). The simulation of POWHEG+PYTHIA8 is used to describe the $ {\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } $ production. Experimental (cf. Section 10) and statistical uncertainties (hatched area) are shown for the total simulated yield, which is normalized according to the measured integrated luminosity. The ratios of data to the expected yields are given at the bottom of each panel. |
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Figure 6-a:
Comparisons of the reconstructed distributions of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ for the parton-level measurement in data and simulations. The simulation of POWHEG+PYTHIA8 is used to describe the $ {\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } $ production. Experimental (cf. Section 10) and statistical uncertainties (hatched area) are shown for the total simulated yield, which is normalized according to the measured integrated luminosity. The ratio of data to the expected yields is given at the bottom of the panel. |
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Figure 6-b:
Comparisons of the reconstructed distributions of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ for the particle-level measurement in data and simulations. The simulation of POWHEG+PYTHIA8 is used to describe the $ {\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } $ production. Experimental (cf. Section 10) and statistical uncertainties (hatched area) are shown for the total simulated yield, which is normalized according to the measured integrated luminosity. The ratio of data to the expected yields is given at the bottom of the panel. |
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Figure 6-c:
Comparisons of the reconstructed distributions of $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ for the parton-level measurement in data and simulations. The simulation of POWHEG+PYTHIA8 is used to describe the $ {\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } $ production. Experimental (cf. Section 10) and statistical uncertainties (hatched area) are shown for the total simulated yield, which is normalized according to the measured integrated luminosity. The ratio of data to the expected yields is given at the bottom of the panel. |
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Figure 6-d:
Comparisons of the reconstructed distributions of $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ for the particle-level measurement in data and simulations. The simulation of POWHEG+PYTHIA8 is used to describe the $ {\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } $ production. Experimental (cf. Section 10) and statistical uncertainties (hatched area) are shown for the total simulated yield, which is normalized according to the measured integrated luminosity. The ratio of data to the expected yields is given at the bottom of the panel. |
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Figure 6-e:
Distribution of $ {| y({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } ) | }$ (left) and the number of additional jets (right). The simulation of POWHEG+PYTHIA8 is used to describe the $ {\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } $ production. Experimental (cf. Section 10) and statistical uncertainties (hatched area) are shown for the total simulated yield, which is normalized according to the measured integrated luminosity. The ratio of data to the expected yields is given at the bottom of the panel. |
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Figure 6-f:
Distribution of the number of additional jets (right). The simulation of POWHEG+PYTHIA8 is used to describe the $ {\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } $ production. Experimental (cf. Section 10) and statistical uncertainties (hatched area) are shown for the total simulated yield, which is normalized according to the measured integrated luminosity. The ratio of data to the expected yields is given at the bottom of the panel. |
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Figure 7:
Differential cross sections at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} (\mathrm{ t } )$ (top) and $ {| y(\mathrm{ t } ) | }$ (bottom) measured separately for the hadronically (left) and leptonically (right) decaying top quarks. The cross sections are compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 7-a:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} (\mathrm{ t } )$ measured separately for the hadronically decaying top quarks. The cross section is compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross section are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 7-b:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} (\mathrm{ t } )$ measured separately for the leptonically decaying top quarks. The cross section is compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross section are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 7-c:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {| y(\mathrm{ t } ) | }$ measured separately for the hadronically decaying top quarks. The cross section is compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross section are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 7-d:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {| y(\mathrm{ t } ) | }$ measured separately for the leptonically decaying top quarks. The cross section is compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross section are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 8:
Differential cross sections at particle level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} (\mathrm{ t } )$ (top) and $ {| y(\mathrm{ t } ) | }$ (bottom) measured separately for the hadronically (left) and leptonically (right) decaying particle-level top quarks. The cross sections are compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 8-a:
Differential cross section at particle level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} (\mathrm{ t } )$ measured separately for the hadronically decaying particle-level top quarks. The cross section is compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 8-b:
Differential cross section at particle level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} (\mathrm{ t } )$ measured separately for the leptonically decaying particle-level top quarks. The cross section is compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 8-c:
Differential cross section at particle level as a function of $ {| y(\mathrm{ t } ) | }$ measured separately for the hadronically decaying particle-level top quarks. The cross section is compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 8-d:
Differential cross section at particle level as a function of $ {| y(\mathrm{ t } ) | }$ measured separately for the leptonically decaying particle-level top quarks. The cross section is compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 9:
Differential cross sections at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$, $ {| y({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } ) | }$, $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$, and cross sections as a function of the number of additional jets compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 9-a:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$, compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 9-b:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {| y({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } ) | }$, compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 9-c:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$, compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 9-d:
Cross sections as a function of the number of additional jets compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 10:
Differential cross sections at particle level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$, $ {| y({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } ) | }$, $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$, and cross sections as a function of the number of additional jets compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 10-a:
Differential cross section at particle level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$, compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 10-b:
Differential cross section at particle level as a function of $ {| y({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } ) | }$, compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 10-c:
Differential cross section at particle level as a function of $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$, compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 10-d:
Cross sections as a function of the number of additional jets compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 11:
Differential cross sections at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} (\mathrm{ t } )$, $ {| y(\mathrm{ t } ) | }$, $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$, $ {| y({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } ) | }$, and $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ compared to the available predictions of an approximate NNLO calculation [40], an approximate NNNLO calculation [42,43], a NLO+NNLL' calculation [45], and a full NNLO calculation [46]. For these models uncertainties due to the choices of scales are shown. To improve the visibility the theoretical predictions are horizontally shifted. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 11-a:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} (\mathrm{ t } )$, compared to the available predictions of an approximate NNLO calculation [40], an approximate NNNLO calculation [42,43], a NLO+NNLL' calculation [45], and a full NNLO calculation [46]. For these models uncertainties due to the choices of scales are shown. To improve the visibility the theoretical predictions are horizontally shifted. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 11-b:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {| y(\mathrm{ t } ) | }$, compared to the available predictions of an approximate NNLO calculation [40], an approximate NNNLO calculation [42,43], a NLO+NNLL' calculation [45], and a full NNLO calculation [46]. For these models uncertainties due to the choices of scales are shown. To improve the visibility the theoretical predictions are horizontally shifted. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 11-c:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$, compared to the available predictions of an approximate NNLO calculation [40], an approximate NNNLO calculation [42,43], a NLO+NNLL' calculation [45], and a full NNLO calculation [46]. For these models uncertainties due to the choices of scales are shown. To improve the visibility the theoretical predictions are horizontally shifted. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 11-d:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {| y({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } ) | }$, compared to the available predictions of an approximate NNLO calculation [40], an approximate NNNLO calculation [42,43], a NLO+NNLL' calculation [45], and a full NNLO calculation [46]. For these models uncertainties due to the choices of scales are shown. To improve the visibility the theoretical predictions are horizontally shifted. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 11-e:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$, compared to the available predictions of an approximate NNLO calculation [40], an approximate NNNLO calculation [42,43], a NLO+NNLL' calculation [45], and a full NNLO calculation [46]. For these models uncertainties due to the choices of scales are shown. To improve the visibility the theoretical predictions are horizontally shifted. The ratios of the various predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of the panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 12:
Differential cross sections at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ (upper two rows) and $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ (lower two rows) in bins of the number of additional jets. The measurements are compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 12-a:
Differential cross sections at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ in bins of the number of additional jets. The measurements are compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 12-b:
Differential cross sections at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ in bins of the number of additional jets. The measurements are compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 13:
Differential cross sections at particle level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ (upper two rows) and $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ (lower two rows) in bins of the number of additional jets. The measurements are compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 13-a:
Differential cross sections at particle level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ in bins of the number of additional jets. The measurements are compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 13-b:
Differential cross sections at particle level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ in bins of the number of additional jets. The measurements are compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 14:
Double-differential cross sections at parton level as a function of $ {| y( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} ) | }$ vs. $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ (upper two rows) and $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ vs. $ {| y({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } ) | }$ (lower two rows). The measurements are compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 14-a:
Double-differential cross sections at parton level as a function of $ {| y( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} ) | }$ vs. $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$. The measurements are compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 14-b:
Double-differential cross sections at parton level as a function of $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ vs. $ {| y({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } ) | }$. The measurements are compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 15:
Double-differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ vs. $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$. The measurements are compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 16:
Double-differential cross sections at particle level as a function of $ {| y( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} ) | }$ vs. $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ (upper two rows) and $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ vs. $ {| y({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } ) | }$ (lower two rows). The measurements are compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 16-a:
Double-differential cross sections at particle level as a function of $ {| y( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} ) | }$ vs. $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$. The measurements are compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 16-b:
Double-differential cross sections at particle level as a function of $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ vs. $ {| y({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } ) | }$. The measurements are compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
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Figure 17:
Double-differential cross section at particle level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ vs. $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$. The measurements are compared to the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO (MG5) combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 MLM and MG5-MC@NLO +PYTHIA8 FxFx. The ratios of the predictions to the measured cross sections are shown at the bottom of each panel together with the statistical and systematic uncertainties of the measurement. |
| Tables | |
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Table 1:
Overview of the uncertainties in the differential cross section measurements at particle and at parton level. Typical ranges of uncertainties in the bins are shown. |
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Table 2:
Comparison between the measured distributions at parton level and the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO MLM and MG5-MC@NLO FxFx, as well as the predictions of an approximate NNNLO calculation [42,43], a NLO+NNLL' calculation [45], and a full NNLO calculation [46]. We list the results of the $\chi ^2$ tests together with the numbers of degrees of freedom (dof) and the corresponding p-values. For the comparison no uncertainties in the theoretical predictions are taken into account. |
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Table 3:
Comparison between the measured distributions at particle level and the predictions of POWHEG and MG5-MC@NLO combined with PYTHIA8 (P8) or HERWIG++ (H++) and the multiparton simulations MG5-MC@NLO MLM and MG5-MC@NLO FxFx. We list the results of the $\chi ^2$ tests together with the numbers of degrees of freedom (dof) and the corresponding p-values. For the comparison no uncertainties in the theoretical predictions are taken into account. |
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Table 4:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 5:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {| y( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} ) | }$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 6:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\ell } )$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 7:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $|y( {\mathrm{ t } _\ell } )|$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 8:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 9:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 10:
Differential cross section at parton level as a function of $|y({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )|$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 11:
Cross sections at parton level in bins of the number of additional jets. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 12:
Differential cross sections at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ in bins of the number of additional jets. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 13:
Differential cross sections at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ in bins of the number of additional jets. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 14:
Double-differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {| y( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} ) | }$ vs. $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 15:
Double-differential cross section at parton level as a function of $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ vs. $|y({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )|$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 16:
Double-differential cross section at parton level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ vs. $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 17:
Differential cross section at particle level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 18:
Differential cross section at particle level as a function of $ {| y( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} ) | }$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 19:
Differential cross section at particle level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\ell } )$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 20:
Differential cross section at particle level as a function of $|y( {\mathrm{ t } _\ell } )|$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 21:
Differential cross section at particle level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 22:
Differential cross section at particle level as a function of $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 23:
Differential cross section at particle level as a function of $|y({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )|$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 24:
Cross sections at particle level in bins of the number of additional jets. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 25:
Differential cross sections at particle level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$ in bins of the number of additional jets. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 26:
Differential cross sections at particle level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ in bins of the number of additional jets. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 27:
Double-differential cross section at particle level as a function of $ {| y( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} ) | }$ vs. $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ( {\mathrm{ t } _\mathrm {h}} )$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 28:
Double-differential cross section at particle level as a function of $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ vs. $|y({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )|$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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Table 29:
Double-differential cross section at particle level as a function of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} ({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$ vs. $M({\mathrm{ t } \mathrm{ \bar{t} } } )$. The values are shown together with their statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
| Summary |
| Measurements of the differential and double-differential cross sections for $\mathrm{ t \bar{t} }$ production in proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV have been presented. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 2.3\, fb$^{-1}$ recorded by the CMS experiment. The $\mathrm{ t \bar{t} }$ production cross section is measured in the lepton+jets channel as a function of transverse momentum $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ and rapidity $|{y}|$ of the top quarks; $p_{\mathrm{T}}$, $|{y}|$, and invariant mass of the $\mathrm{ t \bar{t} }$ system; and the number of additional jets. The measurement at parton level is dominated by the uncertainties in the parton shower and hadronization modeling. The dependence on these theoretical models is reduced for the particle-level measurement, for which the experimental uncertainties of jet energy calibration and $\mathrm{ b }$ tagging efficiency are dominant. The results are compared to several standard model predictions that use different methods and approximations for their calculations. In general, the measured cross sections are slightly lower than predicted, but within the uncertainty compatible with the expectation. The measured distributions are in agreement with the predictions of the event generators with some exceptions in the $p_{\mathrm{T}}(\mathrm{ t \bar{t} })$ and $M(\mathrm{ t \bar{t} })$ distributions. The number of additional jets is lower and the measured $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ of the top quarks is slightly softer than predicted by most of the event generators. A softer $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ of the top quarks has already been observed in previous measurements and is predicted by the NNLO and the NLO+NNLL' QCD calculation. |
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