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The production of a top quark-antiquark pair in association with a W boson is measured in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The data recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC correspond to an integrated…
The cross-section for the production of a single top quark in association with a $W$ boson in proton--proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}= 8$ TeV is measured. The dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb$^{-1}$, collected by…
We calculate final-state interaction corrections to the energy-angular distribution of l^+ in semi-leptonic top quark decay, where the parent top quark is produced via e^+e^- -> t\bar{t} near threshold. These are the corrections due to…
The normalized differential cross section for top-quark pair production in association with at least one jet is studied as a function of the inverse of the invariant mass of the $t \bar{t}+1$-jet system. This distribution can be used for a…
In this proceedings we briefly report on the state-of-the-art NLO QCD computation for the $pp\to t\bar{t}\gamma$ process in the di-lepton channel. We describe higher-order corrections to the $e^+\nu_e \, \mu^- \bar{\nu}_\mu \,…
We report on the feasibility of measuring the top Yukawa coupling in the process: $e^+e^-\to t\bar{t}H$. This measurement is crucial to test the mass generation mechanism for matter particles. Since the cross section for this process…
The mass of the top quark is measured using a sample of $\mathrm{t\overline{t}}$ events collected by the CMS detector using proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV at the CERN LHC. Events are selected with one isolated muon or…
Electroweak production of top quarks, the so-called single top production, is interesting both in the context of measurements of the Standard Model of Particle Physics as well as searches for new phenomena beyond that. Analyses based on…
This report summarizes recent results of differential top quark cross section measurements performed by the ATLAS and CMS experiments. The $t\bar{t}$ process is studied as well as the production of single (anti-)top quarks and the…
Normalized double-differential cross sections for top quark pair (t t-bar) production are measured in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The analyzed data correspond to an integrated…
This contribution presents recent cross section measurements for top quark pair production (tt) and single top quark production in association with a W boson (tW) in proton-proton collisions at the CMS experiment at LHC. For tt production,…
The combination of the latest and most precise measurements of several top quark properties is presented in this paper in order to establish allowed regions on anomalous contributions to the Lorentz structure of the $Wtb$ vertex. These…
The inclusive top-quark pair ($t\bar{t}$) production cross-section $\sigma_{t\bar{t}}$ is measured in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s}=5.02$ TeV, using 257 pb$^{-1}$ of data collected in 2017 by the ATLAS…
Although the top quark has been discovered in 1995 and studied extensively by the Tevatron experiments, the top quark will remain special for years to come due to unique opportunities it offers. Because of the large top-antitop production…
A measurement of the top-quark pole mass $m_{t}^\text{pole}$ is presented in $t\bar{t}$ events with an additional jet, $t\bar{t}+1\text{-jet}$, produced in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV. The data sample, recorded with the ATLAS…
The top quark decays before it hadronises. Before its spin state can be changed in a process of strong interaction, it is directly transferred to the top quark decay products. The top quark spin can be deduced by studying angular…
This letter presents evidence for the associated production of a W boson and a top quark using 2.05 fb^-1 of pp collision data at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV accumulated with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The analysis is based on the selection of the…
The measurement of polarization fractions of massive gauge bosons at the LHC provides an important check of the Standard Model and in particular of the Electroweak Symmetry Breaking mechanism. Owing to the unstable character of $\text{W}$…
The production of single top quarks allows to study the interplay of top quark physics and the electroweak sector of the standard model. Deviations from predictions can be a hint for physics beyond the standard model. The t-channel is the…
An overview of recent measurements of electroweak and top quark physics is given. In particular, total and differential diboson cross sections, limits on anomalous triple gauge couplings as well as top quark production cross sections and…