Top Mass Extraction from Cross Section Measurements

TL;DR

This paper presents two methods for extracting the top quark mass from cross section measurements, providing results consistent with direct measurements but with larger uncertainties.

Contribution

It introduces two novel approaches for top mass extraction from cross section data, including a graph-based method and a probability density function approach.

Findings

Results are consistent with direct measurements.

Uncertainties are larger than in direct measurements.

Two extraction methods are demonstrated.

Abstract

An extraction of the top mass from cross section measurements in the dilepton and lepton+jets channels with an integrated luminosity of about 1fb-1 is given. Two ways are presented : one based on the simple lecture of the graph of the cross section as a function of the top mass and the other based on the use of probability density functions. The final result is consistent with direct measurements but with a greater uncertainty.