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Phys. Rev. D 74, 112004 (2006) [25 pages]

Measurement of the tt̅ production cross section in pp̅ collisions at s=1.96  TeV using secondary vertex b tagging

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V. M. Abazov et al. D0 Collaboration
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Received 2 November 2006; published 26 December 2006

We report a new measurement of the tt̅ production cross section in pp̅ collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV using events with one charged lepton (electron or muon), missing transverse energy, and jets. Using 425  pb-1 of data collected using the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider, and enhancing the tt̅ content of the sample by tagging b jets with a secondary vertex tagging algorithm, the tt̅ production cross section is measured to be σpp̅ →tt̅ +X=6.6±0.9(stat+syst)±0.4(lum)  pb. This cross section is the most precise D0 measurement to date for tt̅ production and is in good agreement with standard model expectations.

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URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.74.112004
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.74.112004
PACS:
13.85.Lg, 13.85.Ni, 13.85.Qk, 14.65.Ha