2009/10/01 by Ashish Kumar, Kumar, Ashish
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0910.0291
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Although the top quark has been discovered in 1995 and studied extensively by\nthe Tevatron experiments, the top quark will remain special for years to come\ndue to unique opportunities it offers. Because of the large top-antitop\nproduction cross section and high luminosity, the LHC would be a Top factory,\nproducing a large sample of top quarks even at the initial low luminosities.\nThis will enable a rich program of top quark physics to be explored, both\nwithin the Standard Model and using top quarks as probes of physics beyond the\nStandard Model. Prospects for the observation of top pair production in the\nproton-proton collisions at the center of mass energy \√(s)=10 TeV in the\ndilepton and lepton+jets final state are discussed. The emphasis is put on\nanalysis strategies for the early phase of CMS operation with data\ncorresponding to integrated luminosities of 10-20 pb-1 considering a\nrealistic detector performance.\n