Study of the production of top quark pairs with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, measurement of the top quark mass

Discovered in 1995 at Fermilab, top quark is the last quark discovered. The measurement of its properties allows to test Standard Model predictions and to constraint Higgs boson mass. Due to its properties, the top quark is a privileged partner in the search for New Physics particles expected around TeV scale. This thesis, performed using the ATLAS detector at LHC, describes the different methods developed in order to measure precisely the top quark mass in its semileptonic decay. Two reconstruction methods are presented as well as a dedicated one based on Boosted Decision Trees. Its performances are quantified The precise measurement of the top quark mass needs a deep understanding of the jet energy scale. This thesis presents two strategies to calibrate light and b jets to the partonic scale. The performance of a kinematical fit applied to top mass measurement are presented. A precise measurement of the top quark mass is done using a calibrated scale to the partonic level.

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Source https://theses.hal.science/tel-00653792
Author Cinca, Diane
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 27, 2026, 06:41 (UTC)
Created May 27, 2026, 06:41 (UTC)
Identifier NNT: 2011CLF22161
Language fr
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contributor Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand (LPC) ; Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator Cinca, Diane
date 2011-09-22T00:00:00
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