Inclusive and differential measurements of the tt- charge asymmetry in proton-proton collisions at s=7 TeV


Chatrchyan S., Khachatryan V., Sirunyan A., Tumasyan A., Adam W., Aguilo E., ...Daha Fazla

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, cilt.717, sa.1-3, ss.129-150, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

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The tt- charge asymmetry is measured in events containing a charged lepton (electron or muon) and at least four jets, one of which is identified as originating from b-quark hadronization. The analyzed dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb -1 collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. An inclusive and three differential measurements of the tt- charge asymmetry as a function of rapidity, transverse momentum, and invariant mass of the tt- system are presented. The measured inclusive tt- charge asymmetry is A C=0.004±0.010(stat.)±0.011(syst.). This result and the three differential measurements are consistent with zero asymmetry as well as with the predictions of the standard model. © 2012 CERN.