Measurement of the Differential Cross Section dσ/d(cosθ[subscript t]) for Top-Quark Pair Production in p[bar over p] Collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV
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Gomez-Ceballos, Guillelmo; Goncharov, Maxim; Paus, Christoph M. E.
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We report a measurement of the differential cross section dσ/d(cosθ[subscript t]) for top-quark pair production as a function of the top-quark production angle in proton-antiproton collisions at s√ = 1.96 TeV. This measurement is performed using data collected with the CDF II detector at the Tevatron, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9.4 fb[superscript −1]. We employ the Legendre polynomials to characterize the shape of the differential cross section at the parton level. The observed Legendre coefficients are in good agreement with the prediction of the next-to-leading-order standard-model calculation, with the exception of an excess linear-term coefficient a[subscript 1] = 0.40 ± 0.12, compared to the standard-model prediction of a[subscript 1] = 0.15[+0.07 over −0.03].
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2013-10Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear ScienceJournal
Physical Review Letters
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American Physical Society
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Aaltonen, T., S. Amerio, D. Amidei, A. Anastassov, A. Annovi, J. Antos, G. Apollinari, et al. “Measurement of the Differential Cross Section dσ/d(cosθ[subscript t]) for Top-Quark Pair Production in p[bar over p] Collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV.” Physical Review Letters 111, no. 18 (October 2013). © 2013 American Physical Society
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0031-9007
1079-7114