Top quark charcuterie: A sampler plate of recent cross section measurements involving the production of top quarks at the CMS detector- Evan Altair Ranken (DESY)

Tuesday 29 Oct 2024, 12:30 → 13:30 America/Los_Angeles

48/2-224 - Madrone (SLAC)

The top quark is the heaviest known fundamental particle, and the only quark which decays before forming bound states via hadronization. The LHC has facilitated the production of top quarks in great numbers through proton-proton collisions at center of mass energies ranging from 5.02 to 13.6 TeV, allowing for a flurry of new and exciting precision measurements. We will survey a few recent highlights of inclusive and differential cross section measurements at the CMS experiment, including some of the first measurements at 13.6 TeV, and will discuss the significance of these results in the wider context of standard model measurements. First, we present two inclusive measurements of top quark pair production, performed at the highest and lowest LHC operating energies to date. From there, we will move to an inclusive+differential measurement of the of top quark production in association with a W boson at 13.6 TeV. We conclude with the presentation of the first ever differential measurement of the invisible sector in top quark pair production.
 

Zoom link: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/98973156241?pwd=cEU5RFdlVXoyc0JTeTlDMkozKzQ5UT09

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