Top Quark Width in Lepton+Jets Channel Using Template Method

Summer 2007: 1 fb-1

S. Shiraishi, J. Adelman, E. Brubaker, Y.K. Kim

University of Chicago

CDF Collaboration

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We present an upper limit of the top quark width from ppbar collisions at a center-of-mass of 1.96 TeV collected by the CDF detector. We select ttbar events where one W boson from the top decays leptonically and the other W decays hadronically. Reconstructed top mass distributions of the data are compared to those of Monte Carlo samples with various input top widths using a maximum likelihood fit. Feldman-Cousins prescription is employed to set a limit.

In 1.0 fb-1 of Run II data, for Mtop=175.0 GeV/c2, we set a limit of

Γtop < 12.7 GeV at 95% confidence level

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Description Figures
Top mass distributions at the generator-level for the samples of Γtopinput = 1.5, 30, and 50 GeV. Generator-level distributions
Top mass distributions at the generator-level with events that passed the event selection cuts after the full detector simulation. The samples are for Γtopinput =1.5, 30, and 50 GeV. Generator-level distributions after selection
Reconstructed top mass distributions for 1-tag samples for Γtopinput =1.5, 30, and 50 GeV. Reconstructed top mass distributions (1-tag)
Reconstructed top mass distributions for 2-tag samples for Γtopinput =1.5, 30, and 50 GeV. Reconstructed top mass distributions (2-tag)
Parameterization of 1-tag reconstructed top mass for the likelihood fit. The fit function is two Gaussian and a Gamma PDF whose parameters are quadratic functions of Γtopinput. Parametrized templates (1-tag)
Parameterization of 2-tag reconstructed top mass for the likelihood fit. The fit function is two Gaussian and a Gamma PDF whose parameters are quadratic functions of Γtopinput. Parametrized templates (2-tag)
Top width distributions from 3000 pseudoexperiments for Γtopinput =1.5, 5, 15, 30, and 50 GeV. PEs
Systematic uncertainties on the likelihood. Systematic table
Coverage for all input top width samples. Coverage tests
Reconstructed top mass distribution for 1-tag sample in the data. Reconstructed mass from data (1-tag)
Reconstructed top mass distribution for 2-tag sample in the data. Reconstructed mass from data (2-tag)
Likelihood fit to 1-tag sample in the data. Likelihood fit (1-tag)
Likelihood fit to 2-tag sample in the data. Likelihood fit (2-tag)
Combined likelihood for 1-tag and 2-tag samples in the data. Combined likelihood
Feldman-Cousins confidence bands with stastical and systematic uncertainties incorporated. Feldman-Cousins confidence bands including systematics
Results of pseudoexperiments assuming the Standard Model (Γtopinput = 1.5 GeV). Roughly 25% of the time, we set an upper limit lower than 12.7 GeV. Expected limit distribution assuming Standard Model
Satomi Shiraishi

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