Precise measurement of the top quark mass in dilepton decays using optimized neutrino weighting

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We measure the top quark mass in dilepton final states of tt¯ events in pp¯ collisions at s=1.96 TeV, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9.7 fb−1 at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The analysis features a comprehensive optimization of the neutrino weighting method to minimize the statistical uncertainties. We also improve the calibration of jet energies using the calibration determined in tt¯→lepton+jets events, which reduces the otherwise limiting systematic uncertainty from the jet energy scale. The measured top quark mass is mt=173.32±1.36(stat)±0.85(syst) GeV.

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D0 Collaboration. "Precise measurement of the top quark mass in dilepton decays using optimized neutrino weighting." Physics Letters B, 752, (2016) Elsevier: 18-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.10.086.

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