Top quark production at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent measurements of top quark production at the LHC, comparing experimental results with theoretical predictions, and discusses fundamental properties and potential beyond Standard Model insights.

Contribution

It provides an overview of the latest experimental data on top quark production and properties, highlighting new results and future prospects from LHC Run 2.

Findings

Measured top quark production rates agree with QCD predictions

Updated top quark mass and coupling measurements

Exploration of beyond Standard Model contributions

Abstract

Twenty years past its discovery, the top quark continues attracting great interest as experiments keep unveiling its properties. An overview of the latest measurements in the domain of top quark production, performed by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the CERN LHC, is given. The latest measurements of top quark production rates via strong and electroweak processes are reported and compared to different perturbative QCD predictions. Fundamental properties, such as the mass or the couplings of the top quark, as well as re-interpretations seeking for beyond the standard model contributions in the top quark sector, are extracted from these measurements. In each case an attempt to highlight the first results and main prospects for the on-going Run 2 of the LHC is made.