2012/06/25 by FRANK-PETER SCHILLING, Frank-Peter Schilling · 5 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ex #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0217751x12300165
published as Int. J. Mod. Phys. A, Vol. 27, No. 17 (2012) 1230016 · 107 pages, invited review for Int. J. Mod. Phys. A, v2 is identical to v1 except for the addition of the table of contents
arxiv created 2013/04/17 · arxiv updated 2013/04/18
This review summarizes the highlights in the area of top quark physics obtained with the two general purpose detectors ATLAS and CMS during the first two years of operation of the Large Hadron Collider LHC. It covers the 2010 and 2011 data taking periods, where the LHC provided pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of sqrt(s)=7 TeV. Measurements are presented of the total and differential top quark pair production cross section in many different channels, the top quark mass and various other properties of the top quark and its interactions, for instance the charge asymmetry. Measurements of single top quark production and various searches for new physics involving top quarks are also discussed. The already very precise experimental data are in good agreement with the standard model.