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Evidence for the charge asymmetry in pp → tt¯ production at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Inclusive and differential measurements of the top–antitop (tt¯) charge asymmetry Att¯ C and the leptonic asymmetry A``¯ C are presented in proton–proton collisions at √ s = 13 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The measurement uses the complete Run 2 dataset, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 , combines data in the single-lepton and dilepton channels, and employs reconstruction techniques adapted to both the resolved and boosted topologies. A Bayesian unfolding procedure is performed to correct for detector resolution and acceptance effects. The combined inclusive tt¯ charge asymmetry is measured to be Att¯ C = 0.0068 ± 0.0015, which differs from zero by 4.7 standard deviations. Differential measurements are performed as a function of the invariant mass, transverse momentum and longitudinal boost of the tt¯ system. Both the inclusive and differential measurements are found to be compatible with the Standard Model predictions, at next-to-next-to-leading order in quantum chromodynamics perturbation theory with next-to-leading-order electroweak corrections. The measurements are interpreted in the framework of the Standard Model effective field theory, placing competitive bounds on several Wilson coefficients.

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eng

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0437563

Science, Faculty of; TRIUMF; Non UBC; Physics and Astronomy, Department of

10.1007/JHEP08(2023)077

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