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Invariant-mass distribution of top-quark pairs and top-quark mass determination

Ju, Wan-Li; Wang, Guoxing; Wang, Xing; Xu, Xiaofeng; Xu, Yongqi; Yang, Li Lin

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Authors

Wan-Li Ju

Guoxing Wang

Xing Wang

Xiaofeng Xu

Yongqi Xu

Li Lin Yang



Abstract

In this study, we investigate the invariant-mass distribution of top-quark pairs near the 2mt threshold, which strongly influences the determination of the top-quark mass mt. Higher-order non-relativistic corrections lead to large contributions, which are not included in the state-of-the-art theoretical predictions. A factorization formula is derived to resum such corrections to all orders in the strong-coupling, and necessary ingredients are calculated to perform the resummation at next-to-leading power. We combine the resummation with fixed-order results and present phenomenologically relevant numerical results. The resummation effect significantly increases the differential cross-section in the threshold region and makes the theoretical prediction more compatible with experimental data. We estimate that using our prediction in the determination of mt will lead to a value closer to the direct measurement result.

Citation

Ju, W., Wang, G., Wang, X., Xu, X., Xu, Y., & Yang, L. L. (2020). Invariant-mass distribution of top-quark pairs and top-quark mass determination. Chinese Physics C, 44(9), Article 091001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1137/44/9/091001

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Jul 17, 2020
Publication Date 2020-09
Deposit Date Oct 7, 2020
Publicly Available Date Oct 29, 2020
Journal Chinese Physics C
Print ISSN 1674-1137
Electronic ISSN 2058-6132
Publisher IOP Publishing
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 44
Issue 9
Article Number 091001
DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1137/44/9/091001

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