# Measurement of the ttbar production cross section in pp collisions at =8 TeV in the eτ and μτ dilepton final states

### Abstract

The top-quark pair production cross section is measured in final states with one electron or muon and one hadronically decaying τ-lepton from the process , . The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.6/fb collected with the CMS detector in proton-proton collisions at =8 TeV. The measured cross section assuming a top-quark mass of 172.5 GeV is consistent with the standard model prediction.

### Figures

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The b-tagged jet multiplicity after the full event selection. The simulated contributions are normalized to the SM predicted values. The hatched area shows the total systematic uncertainty.

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Distribution of the (left) and MET (right) after the full event selection, for the e and channels combined. The simulated contributions are normalized to the SM predicted values. The shaded bands represent the total uncertainty. The last bins include the overflow.

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Left: Minimum invariant mass reconstructed by pairing the with either a b-jet candidate or with the highest non b-tagged jet. Right: Distribution of the reconstructed top-quark mass m(top) for the dilepton candidate events after the full event selection. Data (points) are compared with the sum of signal and background yields, for the e and channels combined. The simulated contributions are normalized to the SM predicted values. The hatched area shows the total uncertainty. The last bins include the overflow.

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List of systematic uncertainties on the cross section measurement, and their combination. Lepton reconstruction uncertainties are uncorrelated, while all other uncertainties are assumed 100% correlated. The BLUE method is used to combine the cross section measurements in the e and channels, with the corresponding weights of 0.47 and 0.53, respectively.

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Number of expected events for signal assuming m(top)=172.5 GeV, and backgrounds. The background from misidentified is estimated from data, while the other backgrounds are estimated from simulation. Statistical and systematic uncertainties are shown.

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Cross section results.

-- MicheleGallinaro - 26 Jun 2014

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