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The underlying structure of matter can be deeply probed via precision measurements of the mass of the \emph{top quark}, the most massive observed fundamental particle. Top quarks can be produced and studied only in collisions at high energy…
Analyses in high energy physics aim to put the Standard Model---the commonly accepted theory---to test. For convincing conclusions, analysis methods are needed which offer an unambiguous comparison between data and theory while allowing…
We develop, discuss, and compare several inference techniques to constrain theory parameters in collider experiments. By harnessing the latent-space structure of particle physics processes, we extract extra information from the simulator.…
In particle physics, Monte Carlo (MC) event generators are needed to compare theory to the measured data. Many MC samples have to be generated to account for theoretical systematic uncertainties, at a significant computational cost.…
Data analyses in particle physics rely on an accurate simulation of particle collisions and a detailed simulation of detector effects to extract physics knowledge from the recorded data. Event generators together with a GEANT-based…
The estimation of parameters from data is a common problem in many areas of the physical sciences, and frequently used algorithms rely on sets of simulated data which are fit to data. In this article, an analytic solution for…
The matrix element technique provides a superior statistical sensitivity for precision measurements of important parameters at hadron colliders, such as the mass of the top quark or the cross section for the production of Higgs bosons. The…
The top quark mass is one of the fundamental parameters of the Standard Model. In these proceedings, recent measurements of the top quark mass in $pp$ collisions at centre-of-mass energies of $\sqrt s=7$ and 8~TeV data in Run I of the Large…
Past work has proven the possibility of extracting the top-quark mass, one of the fundamental parameters of the Standard Model, from the comparison of theory predictions and experimental measurements of differential cross-sections for…
In high-energy particle physics, complex Monte Carlo (MC) simulations are needed to compare theory predictions to measurable quantities. Many and large MC samples are needed to be generated to take into account all the systematics.…
Extracting scientific results from high-energy collider data involves the comparison of data collected from the experiments with synthetic data produced from computationally-intensive simulations. Comparisons of experimental data and…
In this letter, we evaluate potential of linear $e^+e^-$ colliders to measure the top quark mass in radiative events and in a suitable short-distance scheme. We present a calculation of the differential cross section for production of a top…
The Matrix Element Method is a promising multi-variate analysis tool which offers an optimal approach to compare theory and experiment according to the Neyman-Pearson lemma. However, until recently its usage has been limited by the fact…
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…
Characterization of quantum systems from experimental data is a central problem in quantum science and technology. But which measurements should be used to gather data in the first place? While optimal measurement choices can be worked out…
A simulation of top quark mass measurement scheme near the $t\bar{t}$ production threshold in future $e^{+}e^{-}$ colliders, e.g. the Circular Electron Positron Collider(CEPC), is performed. $\chi^2$ fitting method is adopted to determine…
One of the important goals at the future e$^+$e$^-$ colliders is to measure the top-quark mass and width in a scan of the pair production threshold. Presented in this work is the most general approach to the top-quark mass determination…
The most precise top quark mass measurements use kinematic reconstruction methods, determining the top mass parameter of a Monte Carlo event generator, $m_t^{\rm MC}$. Due to hadronization and parton shower dynamics, relating $m_t^{\rm MC}$…
For standard model (SM) processes involving top quarks, such as top quark-antiquark pair production or single top quark production, the theoretical predictions depend on fundamental parameters of the SM like the top quark mass. Using the…
We describe a measurement of the top quark mass from events produced in proton-antiproton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV, using the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We identify top-antitop candidates where both W bosons…