Top-quark physics at the Large Hadron Collider

TL;DR

This review summarizes top-quark measurements at the LHC by ATLAS and CMS during 2010-2012, highlighting detailed production, decay, and property studies with unprecedented precision.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of top-quark experimental results from the early LHC runs, emphasizing the precision achieved in measurements.

Findings

Precise measurements of top-quark production rates.

Detailed analysis of top-quark decay channels.

Enhanced understanding of top-quark properties.

Abstract

This experimental review gives an overview of top-quark measurements performed by the two general purpose-detectors ATLAS and CMS during the first few years of running of the Large Hadron Collider. In the years 2010 - 2012 each experiment collected 5 fb$^{-1}$ of pp collision data at $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV and 20 fb$^{-1}$ at $\sqrt{s} = 8$ TeV, allowing detailed studies of top-quark production and decays, and measurements of the properties of the top quark with unprecedented precision.