Unfolding the Boosted Top Quark Differential Cross Section
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Abstract
The high energy of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN makes possible the measurement of differential cross sections of the production of the top quark at higher momentum than previous studies. This provides a probe for tests of new physics. We used data from the CMS detector from the 2012, 8 TeV run. In these studies it is important to properly correct for efficiency and bias by using an unfolding process. We present a test of the robustness of the RooUnfold package, both the procedure in general and more specifically as it applies to the top quark measurement. The current status of the differential cross section measurement will be presented.
Authors
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Danielle Berish
Siena College
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Matthew Bellis
Siena College