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Phys. Rev. D 76, 092007 (2007) [22 pages]

Measurement of the tt̅ production cross section in pp̅ collisions at s=1.96  TeV using kinematic characteristics of lepton+jets events

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V. M. Abazov et al. D0 Collaboration
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Received 25 May 2007; published 27 November 2007

We present a measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in pp̅ collisions at s=1.96  TeV utilizing 425  pb-1 of data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We consider the final state of the top quark pair containing one high-pT electron or muon and at least four jets. We exploit specific kinematic features of tt̅ events to extract the cross section. For a top quark mass of 175 GeV, we measure σtt̅ =6.4-1.2+1.3(stat)±0.7(syst)±0.4(lum)  pb, in good agreement with the standard model prediction.

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URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.76.092007
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.76.092007
PACS:
13.85.Lg, 13.85.Qk, 14.65.Ha