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| Combination of inclusive top-quark pair production cross-section measurements using ATLAS and CMS data at $\sqrt{s}= $ 7 and 8 TeV | ||
| ATLAS and CMS Collaborations | ||
| 25 May 2022 | ||
| JHEP 07 (2023) 213 | ||
| Abstract: A combination of measurements of the inclusive top-quark pair production cross-section performed by ATLAS and CMS in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV at the LHC is presented. The cross-sections are obtained using top-quark pair decays with an opposite-charge electron-muon pair in the final state and with data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 5 fb$^{-1}$ at $\sqrt{s}=$ 7 TeV and about 20 fb$^{-1}$ at $\sqrt{s}=$ 8 TeV for each experiment. The combined cross-sections are determined to be 178.5 $\pm$ 4.7 pb at $\sqrt{s}=$ 7 TeV and 243.3$^{+6.0}_{-5.9}$ pb at $\sqrt{s}=$ 8 TeV with a correlation of 0.41, using a reference top-quark mass value of 172.5 GeV. The ratio of the combined cross-sections is determined to be $R_{8/7}=$ 1.363 $\pm$ 0.032. The combined measured cross-sections and their ratio agree well with theory calculations using several parton distribution function (PDF) sets. The values of the top-quark pole mass (with the strong coupling fixed at 0.118) and the strong coupling (with the top-quark pole mass fixed at 172.5 GeV) are extracted from the combined results by fitting a next-to-next-to-leading-order plus next-to-next-to-leading-log QCD prediction to the measurements. Using a version of the NNPDF3.1 PDF set containing no top-quark measurements, the results obtained are $m_t^\text{pole} = $ 173.4$^{+1.8}_{-2.0}$ GeV and $\alpha_\text{s}(m_Z)=$ 0.1170$^{+ 0.0021}_{-0.0018}$. | ||
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| Figures | |
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Figure 1:
Measured $\mathrm{t\bar{t}}$ production cross-sections at $\sqrt {s}=$ 7 and 8 TeV compared with predictions using different PDF sets. NNPDF3.1_a is a version of this PDF set containing no top-quark measurements. The shaded bands represent the total uncertainties in the predictions. |
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Figure 2:
Measured ratios of the $\mathrm{t\bar{t}}$ production cross-sections at $\sqrt {s}=$ 7 and 8 TeV compared with predictions using different PDF sets. NNPDF3.1_a is a version of this PDF set containing no top-quark measurements. The shaded bands represent the total uncertainties in the predictions. |
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Figure 3:
Dependence of the predicted cross-section and the combined measured cross-section on (left) the top-quark pole mass ${{m_{\mathrm {t}}^{\text {pole}}}}$ and (right) the strong coupling $ {\alpha _{\text {S}}} (m_{\mathrm{Z}})$. The prediction is evaluated for three different PDF sets and assumes (left) $ {\alpha _{\text {S}}} (m_{\mathrm{Z}})=$ 0.118 $\pm$ 0.001 or (right) $ {m_{\mathrm {t}}^{\text {pole}}} = $ 172.5 $\pm$ 1.0 GeV. NNPDF3.1_a is a version of this PDF set containing no top-quark measurements. The uncertainty bands include the effects of the uncertainties in the combined cross-sections and of the factorisation and renormalisation scale and PDF uncertainties in the predicted cross-sections. |
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Figure 3-a:
Dependence of the predicted cross-section and the combined measured cross-section on the top-quark pole mass ${{m_{\mathrm {t}}^{\text {pole}}}}$. The prediction is evaluated for three different PDF sets and assumes $ {\alpha _{\text {S}}} (m_{\mathrm{Z}})=$ 0.118 $\pm$ 0.001. NNPDF3.1_a is a version of this PDF set containing no top-quark measurements. The uncertainty bands include the effects of the uncertainties in the combined cross-sections and of the factorisation and renormalisation scale and PDF uncertainties in the predicted cross-sections. |
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Figure 3-b:
Dependence of the predicted cross-section and the combined measured cross-section on the strong coupling $ {\alpha _{\text {S}}} (m_{\mathrm{Z}})$. The prediction is evaluated for three different PDF sets and assumes $ {m_{\mathrm {t}}^{\text {pole}}} = $ 172.5 $\pm$ 1.0 GeV. NNPDF3.1_a is a version of this PDF set containing no top-quark measurements. The uncertainty bands include the effects of the uncertainties in the combined cross-sections and of the factorisation and renormalisation scale and PDF uncertainties in the predicted cross-sections. |
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Figure 4:
Dependence of the top-quark pole mass, ${m_{\mathrm {t}}^{\text {pole}}}$, on the assumed value for the strong coupling, $ {\alpha _{\text {S}}} (m_{\mathrm{Z}})$, including constraints from the combined measured cross-sections for three different PDF sets. NNPDF3.1_a is a version of this PDF set containing no top-quark measurements. The shaded band represents the 68% CL uncertainty on the extracted $ {\alpha _{\text {S}}} (m_{\mathrm{Z}})$ when fixing ${m_{\mathrm {t}}^{\text {pole}}}$ and on ${m_{\mathrm {t}}^{\text {pole}}}$ when fixing $ {\alpha _{\text {S}}} (m_{\mathrm{Z}})$. The uncertainty bands include the effects of the uncertainties in the combined cross-sections and of the renormalisation and factorisation scale and PDF uncertainties in the predicted cross-sections. |
| Tables | |
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Table 1:
Predicted $\mathrm{t\bar{t}}$ production cross-sections at different centre-of-mass energies and for different PDF sets. The uncertainties comprise PDF and ${\alpha _{\text {S}}}$ uncertainties as well as uncertainties in the renormalisation and factorisation scales. The ratio of the predicted $\mathrm{t\bar{t}}$ production cross-sections at $\sqrt {s}=$ 8 TeV and 7 TeV, $R_{8/7}$, is also shown. NNPDF3.1_a is a version of this PDF set containing no top-quark measurements. |
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Table 2:
Summary of the relative statistical, systematic and total uncertainties in the ATLAS measurements of the $\mathrm{t\bar{t}}$ production cross-section, ${\sigma _{\mathrm{t\bar{t}}}}$, at $\sqrt {s}=$ 7 and 8 TeV from Ref. [15], where ID stands for identification and JES for jet-energy scale, and the grouping is modified to allow for the combination with the CMS measurements. |
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Table 3:
Illustrative summary of the individual contributions to the total uncertainty in the CMS $\mathrm{t\bar{t}}$ cross-section measurements from Ref. [19], where ID stands for identification, JES for jet-energy scale, ME for matrix element and PS for parton shower. |
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Table 4:
Assumed correlations between ATLAS and CMS systematic uncertainties. The assigned sign is based on the nature of the systematic uncertainty (e.g., minus for an `up' variation in the ATLAS measurement that corresponds to a `down' variation in the CMS measurement due to conventions within the collaborations). If the sign is ambiguous, the sign maximising the total uncertainty in the combined cross-section is chosen. Any uncertainties not included in the table are considered uncorrelated. |
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Table 5:
Illustration of the impact $\Delta \sigma _{{\mathrm {\mathrm{t\bar{t}}}}}/\sigma _{{\mathrm {\mathrm{t\bar{t}}}}}$ of the dominant groups of systematic uncertainties on the combined cross-sections at $\sqrt {s}=$ 7 and 8 TeV. |
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Table 6:
Measured ${m_{\mathrm {t}}^{\text {pole}}}$ and $ {\alpha _{\text {S}}} (m_{\mathrm{Z}})$ values for each PDF set using the measured 7 and 8 TeV combined cross-sections. NNPDF3.1_a is a version of this PDF set containing no top-quark measurements. |
| Summary |
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A combination of measurements of the inclusive $\mathrm{t\bar{t}}$ production cross-section performed by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at $\sqrt{s} =$ 7 and 8 TeV is presented, accounting for correlations between the measurements from different experiments as well as correlations within the ATLAS and CMS measurements.The resulting cross-sections are |
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