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Measurements of spin correlation in top-antitop quark events from proton-proton collisions at s√=7  TeV using the ATLAS detector

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Measurements of spin correlation in top-antitop quark events from proton-proton collisions at s√=7  TeV using the ATLAS detector. / The ATLAS collaboration.
In: Physical Review D, Vol. 90, No. 11, 112016, 24.12.2014.

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The ATLAS collaboration 2014, 'Measurements of spin correlation in top-antitop quark events from proton-proton collisions at s√=7  TeV using the ATLAS detector', Physical Review D, vol. 90, no. 11, 112016. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.112016

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The ATLAS collaboration (2014). Measurements of spin correlation in top-antitop quark events from proton-proton collisions at s√=7  TeV using the ATLAS detector. Physical Review D, 90(11), Article 112016. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.112016

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The ATLAS collaboration. Measurements of spin correlation in top-antitop quark events from proton-proton collisions at s√=7  TeV using the ATLAS detector. Physical Review D. 2014 Dec 24;90(11):112016. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.90.112016

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The ATLAS collaboration. / Measurements of spin correlation in top-antitop quark events from proton-proton collisions at s√=7  TeV using the ATLAS detector. In: Physical Review D. 2014 ; Vol. 90, No. 11.

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title = "Measurements of spin correlation in top-antitop quark events from proton-proton collisions at s√=7  TeV using the ATLAS detector",
abstract = "Measurements of spin correlation in top quark pair production are presented using data collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC with proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.6  fb−1. Events are selected in final states with two charged leptons and at least two jets and in final states with one charged lepton and at least four jets. Four different observables sensitive to different properties of the top quark pair production mechanism are used to extract the correlation between the top and antitop quark spins. Some of these observables are measured for the first time. The measurements are in good agreement with the Standard Model prediction at next-to-leading-order accuracy.",
author = "Lee Allison and Adam Barton and Guennadi Borissov and Eva Bouhova-Thacker and Alexandre Chilingarov and William Dearnaley and Harald Fox and Kathryn Grimm and Robert Henderson and Gareth Hughes and Jones, {Roger William Lewis} and Vakhtang Kartvelishvili and Robin Long and Peter Love and Harvey Maddocks and Maria Smizanska and James Walder and {The ATLAS collaboration}",
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AU - Barton, Adam

AU - Borissov, Guennadi

AU - Bouhova-Thacker, Eva

AU - Chilingarov, Alexandre

AU - Dearnaley, William

AU - Fox, Harald

AU - Grimm, Kathryn

AU - Henderson, Robert

AU - Hughes, Gareth

AU - Jones, Roger William Lewis

AU - Kartvelishvili, Vakhtang

AU - Long, Robin

AU - Love, Peter

AU - Maddocks, Harvey

AU - Smizanska, Maria

AU - Walder, James

AU - The ATLAS collaboration

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AB - Measurements of spin correlation in top quark pair production are presented using data collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC with proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.6  fb−1. Events are selected in final states with two charged leptons and at least two jets and in final states with one charged lepton and at least four jets. Four different observables sensitive to different properties of the top quark pair production mechanism are used to extract the correlation between the top and antitop quark spins. Some of these observables are measured for the first time. The measurements are in good agreement with the Standard Model prediction at next-to-leading-order accuracy.

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