Re-discovery of the top quark at the LHC and first measurements
Bobby S. Acharya (ICTP, Trieste & INFN, Trieste), Francesca Cavallari, (INFN, Rome), Gennaro Corcella (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome & Scuola Normale, Superiore & INFN, Pisa), Riccardo Di Sipio (Bologna U. & INFN, Bologna),, Giovanni Petrucciani (Scuola Normale Superiore & INFN, Pisa)
TL;DR
This paper discusses the initial measurements of the top quark at the LHC using data from the ATLAS and CMS experiments, focusing on re-discovering and analyzing its properties.
Contribution
It presents the first measurements of the top quark at the LHC, demonstrating the capability of ATLAS and CMS to perform top quark physics with early data.
Findings
Successful re-discovery of the top quark
First measurements of top quark properties at the LHC
Validation of detector performance for top physics
Abstract
This paper describes the top quark physics measurements that can be performed with the first LHC data in the ATLAS and CMS experiments.
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Taxonomy
TopicsParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies · High-Energy Particle Collisions Research · Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions