Measurement of the ttbar production cross section in the tau+jets channel using the ATLAS detector

TL;DR

This paper reports a measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in events with a hadronically decaying tau lepton and jets, using ATLAS data at 7 TeV, confirming Standard Model predictions.

Contribution

First measurement of ttbar production cross section in tau+jets channel with ATLAS at 7 TeV, providing new data for testing the Standard Model.

Findings

Measured cross section: 194 +/- 18 (stat.) +/- 46 (syst.) pb

Results agree with Standard Model predictions

Consistent with previous measurements in other channels

Abstract

A measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in the final state with a hadronically decaying tau lepton and jets is presented. The analysis is based on proton-proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC, with a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 1.67 inverse femtobarns. The cross section is measured to be 194 +/- 18 (stat.) +/- 46 (syst.) pb and is in agreement with other measurements and with the Standard Model prediction.