The ATLAS Top Production Asymmetry And One Thing I Do Not Like Of It
Friday, January 30, 2015 - 19:00
in Mathematics & Economics
ATLAS sent today to the Cornell arxiv and to the journal JHEP their latest measurement of the top-antitop production asymmetry, and having five free minutes this afternoon I gave a look at the paper, as the measurement is of some interest. The analysis is done generally quite well, but I found out there is one things I do not particularly like in it... It does not affect the result in this case, but the used procedure is error-prone. But let's go in order. First I owe you a quick-and-dirty explanation of what is the top asymmetry and why you might care about it. read more