Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Physics Letters B
Abstract
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 are also performed in a reduced fiducial phase space of top quark pair production, with an integrated result of -0.0035±0.0072 (stat)±0.0031 (syst). All measurements are consistent within two standard deviations with zero asymmetry as well as with the predictions of the standard model.
DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2016.03.060
Publication Date
2016
Recommended Citation
Baarmand, M M.; Bhopatkar, Vallary; Hohlmann, Marcus; Kalakhety, H; Mareskas-palcek, D; Roy, Tuhin S.; Yumiceva, Francisco X.; and CMS Collaboration, "Inclusive And Differential Measurements Of The tt Charge Asymmetry In pp Collisions At √s=8 TeV" (2016). Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications. 2.
https://repository.fit.edu/apss_faculty/2