Published December 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Top Mass Measurements from Jets and the Tevatron Top-Quark Mass

  • 1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut), Foehringer Ring 6, 80805 Muenchen (Germany)
  • 2. Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 (United States)

Description

Theoretical issues are discussed for the measurement of the top-mass using jets, including perturbative and non-perturbative effects that relate experimental observables to the Lagrangian mass, and appropriate choices for mass schemes. Full account for these issues is given for e+e-→tt-bar using a factorization theorem for event shapes for massive quarks. Implications for the Tevatron top-mass measurement are discussed. A mass-scheme, the 'MSR-mass', is introduced which allows for a precise description of observables sensitive to scales R<<m, but at the same time does not introduce perturbative matching uncertainties in conversion to the MS-bar mass

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2008.10.028

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2008.10.028;
arXiv
arXiv:0808.0222v2;
PII
S0920-5632(08)00387-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
185
Journal Page Range
p. 220-226
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
2. workshop on theory, phenomenology and experiments in heavy flavour physics
Dates
16-18 Jun 2008
Place
Anacapri (Italy)

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Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.