Abstract
A measurement of the top quark mass (Mt) in the dileptonic tt decay channel is performed using data from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The data was recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 ± 0.5 fb-1. Events are selected with two oppositely charged leptons (l = e, μ) and two jets identified as originating from b quarks. The analysis is based on three kinematic observables whose distributions are sensitive to the value of Mt. An invariant mass observable, Mbl, and a "stransverse mass" observable, MT2, are employed in a simultaneous fit to determine the value of Mt and an overall jet energy scale factor (JSF). A complementary approach is used to construct an invariant mass observable, Mblν, that is combined with MT2 to measure Mt. The shapes of the observables, along with their evolutions in Mt and JSF, are modeled by a nonparametric Gaussian process regression technique. The sensitivity of the observables to the value of Mt is investigated using a Fisher information density method. The top quark mass is measured to be 172.22 ± 0.18(stat)-0.93 +0.89 (syst) GeV.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 031992 |
| Journal | Physical Review D |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 CERN, for the CMS Collaboration.
Funding
We congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centers and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the following funding agencies: BMWFW and FWF (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS, MoST, and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES and CSF (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); SENESCYT (Ecuador); MoER, ERC IUT, and ERDF (Estonia); Academy of Finland, MEC, and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); OTKA and NIH (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); MSIP and NRF (Republic of Korea); LAS (Lithuania); MOE and UM (Malaysia); BUAP, CINVESTAV, CONACYT, LNS, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MSHE and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Dubna); MON, RosAtom, RAS, RFBR and RAEP (Russia); MESTD (Serbia); SEIDI, CPAN, PCTI and FEDER (Spain); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); MST (Taipei); ThEPCenter, IPST, STAR, and NSTDA (Thailand); TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); NASU and SFFR (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (USA). Individuals have received support from the Marie- Curie program and the European Research Council and EPLANET (European Union); the Leventis Foundation; the A. P. Sloan Foundation; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office; the Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture (FRIA-Belgium); the Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWTBelgium); the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of the Czech Republic; the Council of Science and Industrial Research, India; the HOMING PLUS program of the Foundation for Polish Science, cofinanced from European Union, Regional Development Fund, the Mobility Plus program of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the National Science Center (Poland), Contracts Harmonia No. 2014/14/M/ST2/00428, Opus No. 2014/13/B/ST2/02543, No. 2014/15/B/ST2/03998, and No. 2015/19/B/ST2/02861, Sonata-bis No. 2012/07/ E/ST2/01406; the National Priorities Research Program by Qatar National Research Fund; the Programa Clarín- COFUND del Principado de Asturias; the Thalis and Aristeia programs cofinanced by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF; the Rachadapisek Sompot Fund for Postdoctoral Fellowship, Chulalongkorn University and the Chulalongkorn Academic into Its 2nd Century Project Advancement Project (Thailand); and the Welch Foundation, Contract No. C-1845. We congratulate our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC and thank the technical and administrative staffs at CERN and at other CMS institutes for their contributions to the success of the CMS effort. In addition, we gratefully acknowledge the computing centers and personnel of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid for delivering so effectively the computing infrastructure essential to our analyses. Finally, we acknowledge the enduring support for the construction and operation of the LHC and the CMS detector provided by the following funding agencies: BMWFW and FWF (Austria); FNRS and FWO (Belgium); CNPq, CAPES, FAPERJ, and FAPESP (Brazil); MES (Bulgaria); CERN; CAS, MoST, and NSFC (China); COLCIENCIAS (Colombia); MSES and CSF (Croatia); RPF (Cyprus); SENESCYT (Ecuador); MoER, ERC IUT, and ERDF (Estonia); Academy of Finland, MEC, and HIP (Finland); CEA and CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG, and HGF (Germany); GSRT (Greece); OTKA and NIH (Hungary); DAE and DST (India); IPM (Iran); SFI (Ireland); INFN (Italy); MSIP and NRF (Republic of Korea); LAS (Lithuania); MOE and UM (Malaysia); BUAP, CINVESTAV, CONACYT, LNS, SEP, and UASLP-FAI (Mexico); MBIE (New Zealand); PAEC (Pakistan); MSHE and NSC (Poland); FCT (Portugal); JINR (Dubna); MON, RosAtom, RAS, RFBR and RAEP (Russia); MESTD (Serbia); SEIDI, CPAN, PCTI and FEDER (Spain); Swiss Funding Agencies (Switzerland); MST (Taipei); ThEPCenter, IPST, STAR, and NSTDA (Thailand); TUBITAK and TAEK (Turkey); NASU and SFFR (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); DOE and NSF (USA). If acknowledgements for individuals are required for a short letter because some of the principal authors are funded through individual grants, it should be OK to add the lines below concerning individuals even for a short letter, but please first consult with the PubComm chair. Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie program and the European Research Council and EPLANET (European Union); the Leventis Foundation; the A. P. Sloan Foundation; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office; the Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l’Industrie et dans l’Agriculture (FRIA-Belgium); the Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT-Belgium); the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) of the Czech Republic; the Council of Science and Industrial Research, India; the HOMING PLUS program of the Foundation for Polish Science, cofinanced from European Union, Regional Development Fund, the Mobility Plus program of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the National Science Center (Poland), contracts Harmonia 2014/14/M/ST2/00428, Opus 2014/13/B/ST2/02543, 2014/15/B/ST2/03998, and 2015/19/B/ST2/02861, Sonata-bis 2012/07/E/ST2/01406; the National Priorities Research Program by Qatar National Research Fund; the Programa Clarín-COFUND del Principado de Asturias; the Thalis and Aristeia programs cofinanced by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF; the Rachadapisek Sompot Fund for Postdoctoral Fellowship, Chulalongkorn University and the Chulalongkorn Academic into Its 2nd Century Project Advancement Project (Thailand); and the Welch Foundation, contract C-1845.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie | |
| CPAN | |
| EU-ESF | |
| MSES | |
| MoER | |
| PCTI | |
| RAEP | |
| STAR | |
| National Science Foundation | 1606321, 1151640, 1506168, 1506130, 1607202, 1624356 |
| National Institutes of Health | |
| U.S. Department of Energy | |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | |
| Welch Foundation | C-1845 |
| Hispanics in Philanthropy | |
| California Department of Fish and Game | |
| Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung | |
| University of Mississippi | |
| Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (COLCIENCIAS) | |
| Children's Specialists Foundation | |
| Qatar National Research Fund | |
| Ministry of Education and Science | |
| Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit | |
| Secretaría de Educación Pública | |
| Türkiye Atom Enerjisi Kurumu | |
| Seventh Framework Programme | 246806 |
| Santa Fe Institute | |
| Louisiana Academy of Sciences | |
| CERN | |
| Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics | |
| Cosmetic Surgery Foundation | |
| Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology | |
| Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej | |
| Science and Technology Facilities Council | PP/E000479/1, GRIDPP, ST/H000925/1 |
| European Commission | |
| European Research Council | |
| Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India | |
| Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India | |
| Ministry of Education - Singapore | |
| Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India | |
| Science Foundation Ireland | |
| Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft | |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | |
| Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo | |
| National Natural Science Foundation of China | |
| Research Promotion Foundation | |
| Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy | |
| National Science Council | |
| Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej | |
| Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| Russian Foundation for Basic Research | |
| Eesti Teadusagentuur | |
| Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior | |
| Academy of Finland | |
| Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung | |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | |
| Austrian Science Fund | |
| Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS | |
| Russian Academy of Sciences | |
| Belgian Federal Science Policy Office | |
| Chulalongkorn University | |
| Federación Española de Enfermedades Raras | |
| Ministry of Education, Ethiopia | |
| Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | |
| Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie | |
| Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l’Industrie et dans l’Agriculture | |
| Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología | |
| Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte | |
| Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft | |
| General Secretariat for Research and Technology | |
| Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment | |
| Hungarian Scientific Research Fund | |
| Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico | |
| Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning | |
| National Research Foundation of Korea | |
| Joint Institute for Nuclear Research | |
| Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare | |
| A.G. Leventis Foundation | |
| Instituto Politécnico de Macau | |
| Norsk Sykepleierforbund | |
| National Science and Technology Development Agency | Thailand |
| Narodowe Centrum Nauki | 2014/15/B/ST2/03998, 2012/07/E/ST2/01406, 2015/19/B/ST2/02861, 2014/14/M/ST2/00428, 2014/13/B/ST2/02543 |
| Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación | |
| Universiti Malaya | |
| Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu | |
| Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja | |
| Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki | |
| Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro | |
| Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan | |
| National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | |
| Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí | |
| Ministry of Education and Science | |
| Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences | |
| Foundation for Promotion of Material Science and Technology of Japan | |
| Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla | |
| Ministério da Educação | |
| Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives | |
| Bundesministerium für Bildung und Frauen | |
| Secretaría de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación | |
| European Regional Development Fund | |
| State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM | |
| Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | |
| Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission | |
| State Fund for Fundamental Research of Ukraine | |
| Department of Science and Technology, Government of West Bengal | |
| Fundació Catalana de Trasplantament | |
| Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules | |
| Laboratorio Nacional de Supercómputo del Sureste de Mexico |