Summary of the Topical Workshop on Top Quark Differential Distributions 2014

TL;DR

This paper summarizes discussions from a 2014 workshop focused on top quark differential distributions, emphasizing the impact of NNLO calculations on LHC measurements, PDFs, and new physics searches.

Contribution

It reviews recent advances in top quark differential distribution calculations and explores their implications for precision measurements and new physics at the LHC.

Findings

Improved NNLO calculations enhance top quark distribution predictions.

High precision LHC data can refine theoretical models.

Potential for better constraints on PDFs and new physics.

Abstract

We summarise the Topical Workshop on Top Quark Differential Distributions 2014, which took place in Cannes immediately before the annual Top2014 conference. The workshop was motivated by the availability of top quark differential distributions at NNLO and the forthcoming LHC 13 TeV data. The main goal of the workshop was to explore the impact of improved calculations of top quark production on precision LHC measurements, PDF determinations and searches for physics beyond the Standard Model, as well as finding ways in which the high precision data from ATLAS, CMS and LHCb can be used to further refine theoretical predictions for top production.