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Measurement of the charge asymmetry in top-quark pair production in the lepton-plus-jets final state in pp collision data at √s=8TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Measurement of the charge asymmetry in top-quark pair production in the lepton-plus-jets final state in pp collision data at √s=8TeV with the ATLAS detector. / The ATLAS collaboration.
In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol. 76, No. 2, 87, 19.02.2016.

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The ATLAS collaboration 2016, 'Measurement of the charge asymmetry in top-quark pair production in the lepton-plus-jets final state in pp collision data at √s=8TeV with the ATLAS detector', European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, vol. 76, no. 2, 87. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-3910-6

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The ATLAS collaboration (2016). Measurement of the charge asymmetry in top-quark pair production in the lepton-plus-jets final state in pp collision data at √s=8TeV with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 76(2), Article 87. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-3910-6

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The ATLAS collaboration. Measurement of the charge asymmetry in top-quark pair production in the lepton-plus-jets final state in pp collision data at √s=8TeV with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 2016 Feb 19;76(2):87. doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-3910-6

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The ATLAS collaboration. / Measurement of the charge asymmetry in top-quark pair production in the lepton-plus-jets final state in pp collision data at √s=8TeV with the ATLAS detector. In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 2016 ; Vol. 76, No. 2.

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title = "Measurement of the charge asymmetry in top-quark pair production in the lepton-plus-jets final state in pp collision data at √s=8TeV with the ATLAS detector",
abstract = "This paper reports inclusive and differential measurements of the tt¯ charge asymmetry AC in 20.3 fb−1 of √s=8 TeV pp collisions recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Three differential measurements are performed as a function of the invariant mass, transverse momentum and longitudinal boost of the tt¯ system. The tt¯ pairs are selected in the single-lepton channels (e or μ) with at least four jets, and a likelihood fit is used to reconstruct the tt¯ event kinematics. A Bayesian unfolding procedure is performed to infer the asymmetry at parton level from the observed data distribution. The inclusive tt¯ charge asymmetry is measured to be AC=0.009±0.005 (stat. + syst.). The inclusive and differential measurements are compatible with the values predicted by the Standard Model.",
author = "Barton, {Adam Edward} and Michael Beattie and Bertram, {Iain Alexander} and Guennadi Borissov and Bouhova-Thacker, {Evelina Vassileva} and Sue Cheatham and William Dearnaley and Harald Fox and Grimm, {Kathryn Ann Tschann} and Henderson, {Robert Charles William} and Gareth Hughes and Jones, {Roger William Lewis} and Vakhtang Kartvelishvili and Long, {Robin Eamonn} and Love, {Peter Allan} and Muenstermann, {Daniel Matthias Alfred} and Parker, {Adam Jackson} and Malcolm Skinner and Maria Smizanska and Walder, {James William} and Andy Wharton and {The ATLAS collaboration}",
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AU - Borissov, Guennadi

AU - Bouhova-Thacker, Evelina Vassileva

AU - Cheatham, Sue

AU - Dearnaley, William

AU - Fox, Harald

AU - Grimm, Kathryn Ann Tschann

AU - Henderson, Robert Charles William

AU - Hughes, Gareth

AU - Jones, Roger William Lewis

AU - Kartvelishvili, Vakhtang

AU - Long, Robin Eamonn

AU - Love, Peter Allan

AU - Muenstermann, Daniel Matthias Alfred

AU - Parker, Adam Jackson

AU - Skinner, Malcolm

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AU - Walder, James William

AU - Wharton, Andy

AU - The ATLAS collaboration

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N2 - This paper reports inclusive and differential measurements of the tt¯ charge asymmetry AC in 20.3 fb−1 of √s=8 TeV pp collisions recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Three differential measurements are performed as a function of the invariant mass, transverse momentum and longitudinal boost of the tt¯ system. The tt¯ pairs are selected in the single-lepton channels (e or μ) with at least four jets, and a likelihood fit is used to reconstruct the tt¯ event kinematics. A Bayesian unfolding procedure is performed to infer the asymmetry at parton level from the observed data distribution. The inclusive tt¯ charge asymmetry is measured to be AC=0.009±0.005 (stat. + syst.). The inclusive and differential measurements are compatible with the values predicted by the Standard Model.

AB - This paper reports inclusive and differential measurements of the tt¯ charge asymmetry AC in 20.3 fb−1 of √s=8 TeV pp collisions recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Three differential measurements are performed as a function of the invariant mass, transverse momentum and longitudinal boost of the tt¯ system. The tt¯ pairs are selected in the single-lepton channels (e or μ) with at least four jets, and a likelihood fit is used to reconstruct the tt¯ event kinematics. A Bayesian unfolding procedure is performed to infer the asymmetry at parton level from the observed data distribution. The inclusive tt¯ charge asymmetry is measured to be AC=0.009±0.005 (stat. + syst.). The inclusive and differential measurements are compatible with the values predicted by the Standard Model.

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