Measurement of tt production with a veto on additional central jet activity in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector
Abstract
A measurement of the jet activity in tt events produced in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV is presented, using 2.05 fb^(−1) of integrated luminosity collected by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The tt events are selected in the dilepton decay channel with two identified b-jets from the top quark decays. Events are vetoed if they contain an additional jet with transverse momentum above a threshold in a central rapidity interval. The fraction of events surviving the jet veto is presented as a function of this threshold for four different central rapidity interval definitions. An alternate measurement is also performed, in which events are vetoed if the scalar transverse momentum sum of the additional jets in each rapidity interval is above a threshold. In both measurements, the data are corrected for detector effects and compared to the theoretical models implemented in MC@NLO, Powheg, Alpgen and Sherpa. The experimental uncertainties are often smaller than the spread of theoretical predictions, allowing deviations between data and theory to be observed in some regions of phase space.
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© 2012 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. Received: 22 March 2012. Revised: 23 May 2012. Published online: 21 June 2012. We thank CERN for the very successful operation of the LHC, as well as the support staff from our institutions without whom ATLAS could not be operated efficiently. We acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; SSTC, Belarus; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; CONICYT, Chile; CAS,MOST and NSFC, China; COLCIENCIAS, Colombia; MSMT CR, MPO CR and VSC CR, Czech Republic; DNRF, DNSRC and Lundbeck Foundation, Denmark; EPLANET and ERC, European Union; IN2P3-CNRS, CEA-DSM/IRFU, France; GNAS, Georgia; BMBF, DFG, HGF, MPG and AvH Foundation, Germany; GSRT, Greece; ISF, MINERVA, GIF, DIP and Benoziyo Center, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; FOM and NWO, Netherlands; RCN, Norway; MNiSW, Poland; GRICES and FCT, Portugal; MERYS (MECTS), Romania; MES of Russia and ROSATOM, Russian Federation; JINR; MSTD, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARRS and MVZT, Slovenia; DST/NRF, South Africa; MICINN Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SER, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; NSC, Taiwan; TAEK, Turkey; STFC, the Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom; DOE and NSF, United States of America. The crucial computing support from all WLCG partners is acknowledged gratefully, in particular from CERN and the ATLAS Tier-1 facilities at TRIUMF (Canada), NDGF (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), CC-IN2P3 (France), KIT/GridKA (Germany), INFN-CNAF (Italy), NL-T1 (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), ASGC (Taiwan), RAL (UK) and BNL (USA) and in the Tier-2 facilities worldwide.Attached Files
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- ANPCyT (Argentina)
- YerPhl (Armenia)
- ARC (Australia)
- BMWF (Austria)
- ANAS (Azerbaijan)
- SSTC (Belarus)
- CNPq and FAPESP (Brazil)
- NSERC (Canada)
- NRC and CFI (Canada)
- CERN
- CONICYT (Chile)
- CAS
- MOST and NSFC (China)
- COLCIENCIAS (Colombia)
- MSMT CR (Czech Republic)
- MPO CR and VSC CR (Czech Republic)
- DNRF (Denmark)
- DNSRC and Lundbeck Foundation (Denmark)
- EPLANET and ERC
- European Union
- IN2P3-CNRS (France)
- CEA-DSM/IRFU (France)
- GNAS (Georgia)
- BMBF (Germany)
- DFG (Germany)
- HGF (Germany)
- MPG and AvH Foundation (Germany)
- GSRT (Greece)
- ISF (Israel)
- MINERVA (Israel)
- GIF (Israel)
- DIP and Benoziyo Center (Israel)
- INFN (Italy)
- MEXT and JSPS (Japan)
- CNRST (Morocco)
- FOM and NWO (The Netherlands)
- MERYS (MECTS) (Romania)
- MES of Russia and ROSATOM
- Russian Federation
- JINR
- MSTD (Serbia)
- MSSR (Slovakia)
- ARRS and MVZT (Slovenia)
- DST/NRF (South Africa)
- MICINN (Spain)
- SRC and Wallenberg Foundation (Sweden)
- SER (Switzerland)
- SNSF and Cantons of Bern in Geneva (Switzerland)
- NSC (Taiwan)
- TAEK (Turkey)
- STFC (United Kingdom)
- Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust (United Kingdom)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- NSF
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