Author
Sirunyan, A. M., Işıldak, Bora
Publication Date
2017
Publication Place
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Springer International Publishing
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
1434-6044
Record ID
8dae6425-dbf4-4d83-af7b-8ca8288cf361
Library Location
Natural and Mathematical Sciences
Date
2017
Notes
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Sample Text
Normalized double-differential cross sections for top quark pair ( tt¯tt¯ ) production are measured in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeVTeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The analyzed data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1fb−1 . The measurement is performed in the dilepton e±μ∓e±μ∓ final state. The tt¯tt¯ cross section is determined as a function of various pairs of observables characterizing the kinematics of the top quark and tt¯tt¯ system. The data are compared to calculations using perturbative quantum chromodynamics at next-to-leading and approximate next-to-next-to-leading orders. They are also compared to predictions of Monte Carlo event generators that complement fixed-order computations with parton showers, hadronization, and multiple-parton interactions. Overall agreement is observed with the predictions, which is improved when the latest global sets of proton parton distribution functions are used. The inclusion of the measured tt¯tt¯ cross sections in a fit of parametrized parton distribution functions is shown to have significant impact on the gluon distribution.
DOI
10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4984-5
Cilt
77
