Published May 5, 2016
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Journal article
NNLO QCD predictions for fully-differential top-quark pair production at the Tevatron
- 1. Institut für Theoretische Teilchenphysik und Kosmologie,RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen (Germany)
- 2. Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge,Cambridge CB3 0HE (United Kingdom)
Description
We present a comprehensive study of differential distributions for Tevatron top-pair events at the level of stable top quarks. All calculations are performed in NNLO QCD with the help of a fully differential partonic Monte-Carlo and are exact at this order in perturbation theory. We present predictions for all kinematic distributions for which data exists. Particular attention is paid on the top-quark forward-backward asymmetry which we study in detail. We compare the NNLO results with existing approximate NNLO predictions as well as differential distributions computed with different parton distribution sets. Theory errors are significantly smaller than current experimental ones with overall agreement between theory and data.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2016)034; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/15521Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 2016
- Journal Issue
- 05
- Journal Page Range
- p. 34
- ISSN
- 1029-8479
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 48055886
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- FERMILAB TEVATRON; FORECASTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PAIR PRODUCTION; PERTURBATION THEORY; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; T QUARKS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; CALCULATION METHODS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARKS; SYNCHROTRONS; TOP PARTICLES
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
- Notes
- PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP05(2016)034; ARXIV:1601.05375; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:15521
- Funding organization
- SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)