Search for leptonic charge asymmetry in tt¯ W production in final states with three leptons at √s = 13 TeV
(2023) In Journal of High Energy Physics 2023(7).- Abstract
- A search for the leptonic charge asymmetry (Acℓ) of top-quark-antiquark pair production in association with a W boson (tt¯ W) is presented. The search is performed using final states with exactly three charged light leptons (electrons or muons) and is based on s = 13 TeV proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN during the years 2015–2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb −1. A profile-likelihood fit to the event yields in multiple regions corresponding to positive and negative differences between the pseudorapidities of the charged leptons from top-quark and top-antiquark decays is used to extract the charge asymmetry. At reconstruction level, the asymmetry is... (More)
- A search for the leptonic charge asymmetry (Acℓ) of top-quark-antiquark pair production in association with a W boson (tt¯ W) is presented. The search is performed using final states with exactly three charged light leptons (electrons or muons) and is based on s = 13 TeV proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN during the years 2015–2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb −1. A profile-likelihood fit to the event yields in multiple regions corresponding to positive and negative differences between the pseudorapidities of the charged leptons from top-quark and top-antiquark decays is used to extract the charge asymmetry. At reconstruction level, the asymmetry is found to be −0.12 ± 0.14 (stat.) ± 0.05 (syst.). An unfolding procedure is applied to convert the result at reconstruction level into a charge-asymmetry value in a fiducial volume at particle level with the result of −0.11 ± 0.17 (stat.) ± 0.05 (syst.). The Standard Model expectations for these two observables are calculated using Monte Carlo simulations with next-to-leading-order plus parton shower precision in quantum chromodynamics and including next-to-leading-order electroweak corrections. They are −0.084−0.003+0.005 (scale) ± 0.006 (MC stat.) and −0.063−0.004+0.007 (scale) ± 0.004 (MC stat.) respectively, and in agreement with the measurements. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]. © 2023, The Author(s). (Less)
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@article{b8012627-d0a4-4d7e-9afe-5c47c7c48c50, abstract = {{A search for the leptonic charge asymmetry (Acℓ) of top-quark-antiquark pair production in association with a W boson (tt¯ W) is presented. The search is performed using final states with exactly three charged light leptons (electrons or muons) and is based on s = 13 TeV proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN during the years 2015–2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb −1. A profile-likelihood fit to the event yields in multiple regions corresponding to positive and negative differences between the pseudorapidities of the charged leptons from top-quark and top-antiquark decays is used to extract the charge asymmetry. At reconstruction level, the asymmetry is found to be −0.12 ± 0.14 (stat.) ± 0.05 (syst.). An unfolding procedure is applied to convert the result at reconstruction level into a charge-asymmetry value in a fiducial volume at particle level with the result of −0.11 ± 0.17 (stat.) ± 0.05 (syst.). The Standard Model expectations for these two observables are calculated using Monte Carlo simulations with next-to-leading-order plus parton shower precision in quantum chromodynamics and including next-to-leading-order electroweak corrections. They are −0.084−0.003+0.005 (scale) ± 0.006 (MC stat.) and −0.063−0.004+0.007 (scale) ± 0.004 (MC stat.) respectively, and in agreement with the measurements. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]. © 2023, The Author(s).}}, author = {{Aad, G. and Åkesson, T.P.A. and Corrigan, E.E. and Doglioni, C. and Ekman, P.A. and Geisen, J. and Hedberg, V. and Herde, H. and Jarlskog, G. and Konya, B. and Lytken, E. and Mjörnmark, J.U. and Poettgen, R. and Simpson, N.D. and Skorda, E. and Smirnova, O. and Zwalinski, L.}}, issn = {{1029-8479}}, keywords = {{Hadron-Hadron Scattering; Top Physics}}, language = {{eng}}, number = {{7}}, publisher = {{Springer}}, series = {{Journal of High Energy Physics}}, title = {{Search for leptonic charge asymmetry in tt¯ W production in final states with three leptons at √s = 13 TeV}}, url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2023)033}}, doi = {{10.1007/JHEP07(2023)033}}, volume = {{2023}}, year = {{2023}}, }