/ Experiment-HEP arXiv:0705.1594

Measurement of the top-quark mass using missing E(T) + jets events with secondary vertex b-tagging at CDF II

Published in: Phys.Rev.
Year: 2007
Vol.: D75
Page No: 111103
Pages: 8

Abstract: We present a measurement of the top-quark mass in $p\bar p$ collisions at \hbox{$\sqrt{s}=1.96$} TeV which uses events with an inclusive signature of missing transverse energy and jets. % The event selection is sensitive to $t\bar t\to W^+bW^-\bar b\to l\nu b q q^\prime \bar b$ independent of the lepton flavor, and results in a large acceptance for $W\to\tau\nu$ decays. % All-hadronic $t\bar t$ decays and events with identified electrons or muons are vetoed to provide a statistically independent sample with respect to all previous measurements. % The top-quark mass is inferred from the distribution of the scalar sum of all jet transverse energies and the missing transverse energy. Using 311 pb$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity recorded by the Collider Detector at Fermilab, we measure a top-quark mass $m_t = 172.3 ^{+10.8}_{-9.6}$(stat.)$\pm 10.8$(syst.) GeV/$c^2$. While the uncertainty on $m_t$ is larger than that of other measurements, the result is statistically uncorrelated with those of other methods, and thus can help to reduce the overall $m_t$ uncertainty when combined with other existing measurements.

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