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Top-Quark Pair Production Cross Sections and Calibration of the Top-Quark Monte-Carlo Mass

Measurements Performed with the CMS Detector Using LHC Run I Proton-Proton Collision Data

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Authors:
  1. Jan Kieseler

    1. DESY-CMS, Hamburg, Germany

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  • Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by DESY, Hamburg
  • Presents the first experimental calibration of the top-quark Monte-Carlo mass
  • Provides the top-quark mass-independent and most precise top-quark pair production cross-section measurement to date
  • Offers a detailed description of novel analysis techniques
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Preamble

    • Jan Kieseler
    Pages 1-5

  3. Introduction to Top Quark Production and Decay in Proton-Proton Collisions

    • Jan Kieseler
    Pages 7-26

  4. The LHC and the CMS Experiment

    • Jan Kieseler
    Pages 27-37

  5. Event Reconstruction and Selection

    • Jan Kieseler
    Pages 39-55

  6. Measurement of the Top-Quark Pair Production Cross Section

    • Jan Kieseler
    Pages 57-81

  7. Extraction of the Top-Quark Mass

    • Jan Kieseler
    Pages 83-102

  8. Calibration of the Top-Quark Monte-Carlo Mass

    • Jan Kieseler
    Pages 103-115

  9. Summary and Conclusions

    • Jan Kieseler
    Pages 117-121

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 123-167
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About this book

This thesis presents the first experimental calibration of the top-quark Monte-Carlo mass.  It also provides the top-quark mass-independent and most precise top-quark pair production cross-section measurement to date. The most precise measurements of the top-quark mass obtain the top-quark mass parameter (Monte-Carlo mass) used in simulations, which are partially based on heuristic models. Its interpretation in terms of mass parameters used in theoretical calculations, e.g. a running or a pole mass, has been a long-standing open problem with far-reaching implications beyond particle physics, even affecting conclusions on the stability of the vacuum state of our universe.


In this thesis, this problem is solved experimentally in three steps using data obtained with the compact muon solenoid (CMS) detector. The most precise top-quark pair production cross-section measurements to date are performed. The Monte-Carlo mass is determined and a new method forextracting the top-quark mass from theoretical calculations is presented. Lastly, the top-quark production cross-sections are obtained – for the first time – without residual dependence on the top-quark mass, are interpreted using theoretical calculations to determine the top-quark running- and pole mass with unprecedented precision, and are fully consistently compared with the simultaneously obtained top-quark Monte-Carlo mass.


Authors and Affiliations

  • DESY-CMS, Hamburg, Germany

    Jan Kieseler

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Top-Quark Pair Production Cross Sections and Calibration of the Top-Quark Monte-Carlo Mass

  • Book Subtitle: Measurements Performed with the CMS Detector Using LHC Run I Proton-Proton Collision Data

  • Authors: Jan Kieseler

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40005-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40004-4Published: 23 June 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82012-5Published: 07 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40005-1Published: 15 June 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 167

  • Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Field Theories, String Theory

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