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Systematic Uncertainties

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No simulation including modelling of the underlying physics is expected to be perfect. Limited knowledge and simplified models cause systematic uncertainties, which affect the precision of the measurement. This concerns both the physics processes under study as well as the modelling of the detector.

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Notes

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    The HERWIG status code 155 was used to access the top quarks.

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    The sample with uncorrelated \(t\bar{t}\) pairs contains only \(\frac{2}{3}\) of the statistics of the SM correlation sample.

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Lemmer, B. (2015). Systematic Uncertainties. In: Spin Correlations in tt Events from pp Collisions. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18932-1_7

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