Investigation of the scale dependence in the MSR and MS¯ top quark mass schemes for the t t ¯ invariant mass differential cross section using LHC data

Autor(en)
Toni Mäkelä, André H. Hoang, Katerina Lipka, Sven Olaf Moch
Abstrakt

The computation of the single-differential top quark-antiquark pair (t t ¯) production cross section at NLO in the fixed-order expansion is examined consistently using the MSR and MS¯ short-distance top quark mass schemes. A thorough investigation of the dependence of different regions of the t t ¯ invariant mass spectrum on the renormalization scales R and μm of the MSR mass mtMSR (R) and MS¯ mass m¯ t(μm), respectively, is carried out. We demonstrate that a scale choice of R ~ 80 GeV is important for the stability of the cross-section predictions for the low t t ¯ invariant mass range, which is important for a reliable extraction of the top quark mass. Furthermore, a choice of semi-dynamical renormalization and factorization scales is preferred. These findings are expected to remain valid once non-relativistic quasi-bound state effects are included in the low invariant mass region.

Organisation(en)
Forschungsplattform Internationales Erwin Schrödinger Institut für Mathematik und Physik, Teilchenphysik
Externe Organisation(en)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Universität Hamburg
Journal
Journal of High Energy Physics
Band
2023
Anzahl der Seiten
21
ISSN
1029-8479
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2301.03546
Publikationsdatum
09-2023
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
103012 Hochenergiephysik
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/37de2437-f73b-4843-a816-59b213e81a67