Top pair cross section in e/mu+jets at 8 TeV

CMS Physics Analysis Summaries
Report number	CMS-PAS-TOP-12-006
Title	Top pair cross section in e/mu+jets at 8 TeV
Corporate author(s)	CMS Collaboration
Collaboration	CMS Collaboration
Subject category	Particle Physics - Experiment
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	CERN LHC ; CMS
Abstract	A measurement is presented of the top quark pair-production cross section in $\sqrt{s} =$~8~TeV proton-proton collisions using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of up to 2.8~fb$^{-1}$, collected by the CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The analysis is performed in the top quark pair decay channel with one isolated, high transverse momentum electron or muon, and at least four hadronic jets. At least one jet is required to originate from a b-quark. The measured inclusive $\mathrm{t\overline{t}}$ cross section is: $ \sigma_\mathrm{t\overline{t}} = 228.4 \pm 9.0 {\rm~(stat.)} ^{+29.0}_{-26.0} {\rm~(syst.)} \pm 10.0 {\rm~(lum.)} \,\rm{pb}$, in agreement with QCD predictions up to approximate next-to-next-to-leading order.
Other source	Inspire
Related	superseded by: CERN-EP-2016-016
Email contact: cms-pag-conveners-top@cern.ch Fulltext in PDF Figure_001-a Figure_001-b Figure_002-a Figure_002-b Figure_003 Additional information for the analysis (restricted access)