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Direct measurement of the mass difference between top and antitop quarks

  • V. M. Abazov
  • , B. Abbott
  • , M. Abolins
  • , B. S. Acharya
  • , M. Adams
  • , T. Adams
  • , E. Aguilo
  • , M. Ahsan
  • , G. D. Alexeev
  • , G. Alkhazov
  • , A. Alton
  • , G. Alverson
  • , G. A. Alves
  • , L. S. Ancu
  • , T. Andeen
  • , M. S. Anzelc
  • , M. Aoki
  • , Y. Arnoud
  • , M. Arov
  • , M. Arthaud
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Abstract

We present a measurement of the mass difference between t and t̄ quarks in lepton+jets final states of tt̄ events in 1fb-1 of data collected with the D0 detector from Fermilab Tevatron Collider pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV. The measured mass difference of 3.8±3.7GeV is consistent with the equality of t and t̄ masses. This is the first direct measurement of a mass difference between a quark and its antiquark partner.

Original languageEnglish
Article number132001
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume103
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Sept 2009
Externally publishedYes

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