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Measurement of the Top Quark Mass from Differential \(\mathrm{t}\bar{\mathrm{t}}\!+\)jet Cross Sections

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Abstract

In this chapter, the top quark mass is measured from the normalized differential \(\mathrm{t}\bar{\mathrm{t}}\!+\)jet production cross section, which facilitates the direct comparison of the measurement with theoretical calculations without the need of a dedicated detector simulation or folding of the simulations to reconstruction level.

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  1. 1.European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)GenevaSwitzerland

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