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We propose a new method to measure a theoretically well-defined top quark mass at the LHC. This method is based on the "weight function method," which we proposed in our preceding paper. It requires only lepton energy distribution and is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-05-09 Sayaka Kawabata , Yasuhiro Shimizu , Yukinari Sumino , Hiroshi Yokoya

We present a study of the expected precision of the top quark mass determination, measured at a linear e+ e- collider based on CLIC technology. GEANT4-based detector simulation and full event reconstruction including realistic physics and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-08-28 Katja Seidel , Frank Simon , Michal Tesar , Stephane Poss

The top-quark is a fundamental element of the physics program at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). We review the current status of the top-quark measurements performed by ATLAS and CMS experiments in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV by…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-01-31 Luca Fiorini

We generalize and update our former top quark mass calibration framework for Monte Carlo (MC) event generators based on the $e^+e^-$ hadron-level 2-jettiness $\tau_2$ distribution in the resonance region for boosted $t\bar t$ production,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-12 Bahman Dehnadi , André H. Hoang , Oliver L. Jin , Vicent Mateu

A scan of the top production threshold at a future electron-positron collider provides the possibility for a precise measurement of the top quark mass in theoretically well-defined mass schemes. With statistical uncertainties of 20 MeV or…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-08-23 Frank Simon

We study the determination of the top-quark mass using leptonic observables in t-channel single top-quark production at the LHC. We demonstrate sensitivity of transverse momentum of the charged lepton on the input top-quark mass. We present…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-04-28 Mei Sen Gao , Shu Run Yuan , Jun Gao

Several recent new measurements of the top-quark mass that use alternative observables and reconstruction techniques are presented, performed by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations at the CERN LHC. Alternative observables can help provide…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-06-09 Benjamin Stieger

The study of the properties of the top quark is one of the main goals of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) physics program. The experimental precision expected at the LHC requires the calculation of several top-quark related observables…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-20 R. Bonciani , A. Ferroglia

Future lepton colliders will have a rich top quark physics program which would add to our understanding of this interesting quark and promise an ultimate precision on the experimental knowledge of top-quark mass. We present possible…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Min Suk Kim

The top-quark mass mt is one of the fundamental parameters of the standard model (SM) of particle physics. The CDF and D0 collaborations already performed very precise measurements of mt . Since the ATLAS and CMS collaborations already have…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-15 Stijn Blyweert

The latest measurements of the top quark mass obtained by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the LHC for centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV are presented. The mass of the top quark is measured using several methods and channels, including…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-09-11 Sven Menke

The ATLAS and CMS Collaborations have performed a variety of measurements of the top quark mass, taking advantage of the abundant production of top quarks at the LHC. The most recent measurements are reported here, based on data collected…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-11-22 Andrea Castro

With the full Tevatron Run II and early LHC data samples, the opportunity for furthering our understanding of the properties of the top quark has never been more promising. Although the current knowledge of the top quark comes largely from…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-03 Kevin Lannon , Fabrizio Margaroli , Chris Neu

Measurements of top quark production at $e^+e^-$ colliders can provide a leap in precision in our knowledge of top quark properties and open a new window on physics beyond the Standard Model. In this contribution the top quark physics…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-11-15 Aleksander Filip Zarnecki

This document highlights a number of top-quark mass measurements carried out by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations based on the combined LHC Run 1 datasets at centre-of-mass energies of $\sqrt{s}=$7 and 8 TeV. A wide range of analysis…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-12-16 Thomas G. McCarthy

First observed in 1995, the top quark is the third-generation up-type quark of the standard model of particle physics (SM). The CDF and D\O\ collaborations have analyzed many \ttbar\ events produced by the Tevatron collider, studying many…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Karolos Potamianos

After the discovery of the top quark more than 20 years ago, top quark production cross sections have been meticulously studied. The rich variety of results from the LHC experiments are complemented with increasingly accurate theoretical…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-01-26 Georgios Konstantinos Krintiras

The mass of the top quark is measured using top-antitop-quark pair events with high transverse momentum top quarks. The dataset, collected with the ATLAS detector in proton--proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV delivered by the Large…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-06-16 ATLAS Collaboration

Recent measurements of top quark properties at the LHC from ATLAS and CMS experiments are presented. The presented results include top quark mass, dependence of top mass measurements on event kinematics, top anti-top mass difference, bottom…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-15 Efe Yazgan

It is anticipated that a number of techniques to measure the top quark mass at the LHC will yield m_top with uncertainties of about 0.5-1 percent. These uncertainties are mostly theoretical; they are usually estimated using parton shower…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-21 Sandip Biswas , Kirill Melnikov , Markus Schulze