Hadronization systematics and top mass reconstruction
arXiv:1409.8592 · doi:10.1051/epjconf/20148000019
Abstract
I discuss a few issues related to the systematic error on the top mass measurement at hadron colliders, due to hadronization effects. Special care is taken about the impact of bottom-quark fragmentation in top decays, especially on the reconstruction relying on final states with leptons and J/psi in the dilepton channel. I also debate the relation between the measured mass and its theoretical definition, and report on work in progress, based on the Monte Carlo simulation of fictitious top-flavoured hadrons, which may shed light on this issue and on the hadronization systematics.
7 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. Talk given at QCD@Work 2014, Giovinazzo, Italy, June 2014
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