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CMS Results at the $\text{t}\bar{\text{t}}$ threshold

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2025-12-22 v2

Abstract

Recent results of CMS at the top-antitop quark pair production threshold in the dileptonic and semileptonic decay channels are presented. The results were obtained analyzing 138 fb1138~\mathrm{fb}^{-1} of pppp collision data taken at s=13 TeV\sqrt{s}=13~\mathrm{TeV} with the CMS detector. Spin-sensitive variables are combined with the ttˉt\bar t invariant mass mttˉm_{t\bar t} to achieve high sensitivity for intermediate heavy pseudoscalar or scalar states. An excess in the data is observed for low values of mttˉm_{t\bar t}, favoring a pseudoscalar over a scalar hypothesis. The results are given in the interpretation of a simplified ttˉt\bar t bound state model ηt\eta_t and in a generic model for heavy (pseudo)scalar production. The observed excess is compatible with non-relativistic QCD (NRQCD) calculations for a ttˉt\bar t bound state.

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@article{arxiv.2512.09501,
  title  = {CMS Results at the $\text{t}\bar{\text{t}}$ threshold},
  author = {Jörn Bach},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.09501},
  year   = {2025}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures, 13th Edition of the Large Hadron Collider Physics Conference (LHCP2025), Taipei, Tw, 5 - 9 May 2025

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