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Top-Quark Physics at the LHC

Authors :
Moch, Sven-Olaf
Reuter, Jürgen
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

We report on the precision determination of the top-quark mass to next-to-next-to-leading order in QCD in well-defined renormalization schemes using data from the Large Hadron Collider for single-top and top-quark pair production. We also discuss the calibration of the so-called Monte Carlo top-quark mass parameter which is determined from a comparison to events with top-quark decay products. The implications of the measured value of the top-quark mass for conclusions about the stability of the electroweak vacuum state of our Universe are illustrated. At future lepton colliders, we provide for the first time matched exclusive calculations valid both at the top threshold and in the continuum, also fully differentially. In addition, we calculate fully off-shell top-pair production (also with an associated Higgs boson) at next-to-leading order in QCD, which allows to extract the top-Yukawa coupling with an unprecedented precision.<br />Comment: 15 pages, 8 figures. Part of the final report of the Collaborative Research Center 676 "Particles, Strings and the Early Universe" 2006 - 2018

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1809.10506
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3204/PUBDB-2018-00782/B11