DØ's Top Quark Physics
Superseded Results

DØ's Top Group's latest public results

  Channel   Method Measurement Uncertainty Integrated
Luminosity
[pb–1, fb-1]
Status
 
Top Quark Mass

 
Lepton+jets,
dilepton,
and alljets
Many methods Eighth Tevatron combination
173.32 ±0.56 (stat) ±0.89 (syst) GeV
= 173.3 ±1.1 GeV
±0.61% ≤ 5.6 7/20/10
arXiv:1007.3178
Lepton+jets,
dilepton,
and alljets
Many methods Seventh world average measurement
173.1 ±0.6 (stat) ±1.1 (syst) GeV
±0.75% ≤ 3.6 3/13/09
arXiv:0903.2503
Lepton+jets,
dilepton,
and alljets
Many methods Sixth world average measurement
172.4 ±0.7 (stat) ±1.0 (syst) GeV
±0.7% ≤ 2.1 8/3/08
arXiv:0808.1089
Lepton+jets,
dilepton,
and alljets
Many methods Fifth world average measurement
172.6 ±0.8 (stat) ±1.1 (syst) GeV
±0.8% ≤ 2.1 3/7/08
arXiv.org:0803.1683
Lepton+jets,
dilepton,
and alljets
Many methods Fourth world average measurement
170.9 ±1.1 (stat) ±1.5 (syst) GeV
±1.1% < 2.1 3/16/07
hep-ex/0703034
Lepton+jets,
dilepton,
and alljets
Many methods Third world average measurement
171.4 ±1.2 (stat) ±1.8 (syst) GeV
±1.2% < 1.0 7/21/06
Technical note
Lepton+jets,
dilepton,
and alljets
Many methods Second world average measurement
172.5 ±1.3 (stat) ±1.9 (syst) GeV
±1.3% < 750 3/20/06
Technical note
Lepton+jets,
dilepton,
and alljets
Many methods First world average measurement
172.7 ±1.7 (stat) ±2.4 (syst) GeV
±1.7% < 320 7/21/05
Technical note
Lepton+jets
and dileptons
Many methods DØ's measurements combined
175.08 ± 0.77 (stat) ± 1.25 (syst) GeV
±0.84% ≤ 5.4 4/25/11
Conference note
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Electron+muon Neutrino weighting
(topological)
173.3 ± 2.4 (stat) ± 2.1 (syst) GeV ±1.8% 5.3 8/24/10
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Dileptons Neutrino weighting
matrix weighting
matrix elements
174.7 ± 2.9 (stat) ± 2.4 (syst) GeV
(includes lepton+track)
±2.2% ≤ 3.6 3/13/09
Conference note
Figures
Electron+muon Matrix elements
(topological)
174.8 ± 3.3 (stat) ± 2.6 (syst) GeV ±2.4% 3.6 3/13/09
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Lepton+jets Matrix elements with
in-situ JES calibration

(NN b-tagging)
173.7 ± 0.8 (stat) ± 1.6 (syst) GeV ±1.0% 3.6 3/9/09
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Figures
Lepton+jets
and dileptons
Many methods DØ's measurements combined
174.2 ± 0.9 (stat) ± 1.5 (syst) GeV
±0.98% ≤ 3.6 3/13/09
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Figures
Dileptons Neutrino weighting
(NN b-tagging and
topological selection)
176.0 ± 5.3 (stat) ± 2.0 (syst) GeV ±3.2% 1.0 7/25/08
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Figures
Matrix weighting
(topological)
175.2 ± 6.1 (stat) ± 3.4 (syst) GeV ± 4.0% 1.0 8/9/07
Conference note
Figures
Electron+muon Matrix elements
(topological)
172.9 ± 3.6 (stat) ± 2.3 (syst) GeV ±2.5% 2.8 7/25/08
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets,
dileptons,
and tau+lepton
From the ttbar
cross section
169.6 +5.4 –5.5 (stat+syst) GeV ± 3.2% 1.0 7/25/08
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets
and dileptons
Many methods DØ's measurements combined
172.8 ± 0.9 (stat) ± 1.3 (syst) GeV
±0.9% ≤ 2.8 7/25/08
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets Matrix elements with
in-situ JES calibration

(NN b-tagging)
DØ's most precise single measurement
172.2 ± 1.0 (stat) ± 1.4 (syst) GeV
±1.0% 2.1 7/25/08
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets Matrix elements
(NN b-tagging)
172.2 ± 1.1 (stat) ± 1.6 (syst) GeV ± 1.1% 2.1 3/7/08
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets
and dileptons
Many methods DØ's measurements combined
172.1 ± 1.5 (stat) ± 1.9 (syst) GeV
± 1.4% 1.0 9/26/07
Conference note
Figure
Dileptons Neutrino weighting
(topological)
172.5 ± 5.8 (stat) ± 3.5 (syst) GeV ± 4.0% 1.0 8/9/07
Conference note
Figure
Lepton+jets Matrix elements
(NN b-tagging)
170.5 ± 2.4 (stat+JES) ± 1.2 (syst) GeV ± 1.6% 910 3/10/07
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Matrix elements
(topological)
170.5 ± 2.5 (stat+JES) ± 1.4 (syst) GeV ± 1.7%
Electron+muon Matrix weighting
(topological)
177.7 ± 8.8 (stat) +3.7 –4.5 (syst) GeV +5.4% –5.6% 830 7/20/06
Conference note
Figures
Electron+muon Neutrino weighting
(topological)
171.6 ± 7.9 (stat) +5.1 –4.0 (syst) GeV +5.5% –5.2% 830 7/20/06
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Figures
Lepton+jets Matrix element
+ in-situ JES calibration
(topological selection)
169.5 ± 4.4 (stat+JES) +1.7 –1.6 (syst) GeV +2.8% –2.8% 320 7/19/05
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets Template
(lifetime tagging)
170.6 ± 4.2 (stat) ± 6.0 (syst) GeV +4.3% –4.3% 230 3/1/05
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Lepton+jets Template
(topological selection)
169.9 ± 5.8 (stat) +7.8 –7.1 (syst) GeV +5.7% –5.4% 230
Lepton+jets Ideogram
(topological selection)
177.5 ± 5.8 (stat) ± 7.1 (syst) GeV +5.2% –5.2% 160 8/12/04
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Figures
Dileptons Matrix weighting
(lifetime tagging)
176.6 ± 11.2 (stat) ± 3.8 (syst) GeV +6.7% –6.7% 370 3/9/06
Conference note
Figures
Dileptons Neutrino weighting
(topological selection)
175.6 ± 10.7 (stat) ± 6.0 (syst) GeV +7.0% –7.0% 370 3/9/06
Conference note
Figures
Dileptons Matrix weighting
(topological selection)
155 +14 –13 (stat) ± 7 (syst) GeV +10.1% –9.5% 230 2/21/05
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets Template
(topological selection)
170.0 ± 6.5 (stat) +10.5 –6.1 (syst) GeV +7.3% –5.2% 160 8/12/04
Conference note
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Top Pair Production Cross Section

 
Dileptons Topological 8.23  +0.52 –0.51 (stat) +0.85 –0.80 (syst) +0.65 –0.57 (lumi) pb +14% –13% 5.3 3/10/10
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets Topological
NN b-tagging
7.70  +0.79 –0.70 (stat+syst+lumi) pb
7.93  +1.04 –0.91 (stat+syst+lumi) pb
(mtop=172.5 GeV)
+13% –11% 4.3 5/28/10
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets,
dileptons, and
tau+lepton
NN b-tagging
and topological
7.83  +0.46 –0.45 (stat) +0.64 –0.53 (syst) ± 0.48 (lumi) pb +12% –11% 1.0 7/25/08
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+track
and dileptons
NN b-tagging
and topological
6.2  +0.9 –0.9 (stat) +0.8 –0.7 (syst) ± 0.4 (lumi) pb
(Combination of two results below)
+20% –19% 1.0 8/10/07
Conference note
Figures
Dileptons Topological 6.8  +1.2 –1.1 (stat) +0.9 –0.8 (syst) ± 0.4 (lumi) pb +23% –22% 1.0 3/13/07
Conference note
Figures
Tau+lepton NN b-tagging 8.3  +2.0 –1.8 (stat) +1.4 –1.2 (syst) ± 0.5 (lumi) pb +30% –27% 1.0 8/9/07
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets NN b-tagging 8.3  +0.6 –0.5 (stat) +0.9 –1.0 (syst) ± 0.5 (lumi) pb +14% –15% 910 3/10/07
Conference note
Figures
Topological 6.3  +0.9 –0.8 (stat) ± 0.7 (syst) ± 0.4 (lumi) pb +19% –18% 10/30/06
Conference note
Figures
Tau+jets Lifetime tagging 5.1  ±1.3 (stat) ± 1.4 (syst) ± 0.4 (lumi) pb +86% –70% 0.35 9/13/06
Conference note
Figures
Alljets Lifetime tagging 12.1  ± 4.9 (stat) ± 4.6 (syst) pb +56% –56% 360 3/18/06
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+track &
electron+muon
Lifetime tagging
& topological
8.6  +1.9 –1.7 (stat) ± 1.1 (syst) ± 0.6 (lumi) pb +26% –25% 370 3/6/06
Conference note
Figures
Dileptons Topological 8.6  +2.3 –2.0 (stat) +1.2 –1.0 (syst) ± 0.6 (lumi) pb +31% –27% 370 7/1/05
Conference note
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Lepton+jets
& dileptons
Topological 7.1  ± 1.2 (stat) +1.4 –1.1(syst) ± 0.5 (lumi) pb +27% –24% 230 4/01/05
Conference note
(PLB results combined)
Lepton+jets Lifetime tagging CSIP:  7.2  +1.3 –1.2 (stat) +1.9 –1.4 (syst) ± 0.5 (lumi) pb
SVT:  8.2  +1.3 –1.3 (stat) +1.9 –1.6 (syst) ± 0.5 (lumi) pb
+33% –27%
+29% –26%
160 8/10/04
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 Electron+muon  Lifetime tagging 11.1  +5.8 –4.3 (stat) ± 1.4 (syst) ± 0.7 (lumi) pb +54% –41% 160 8/3/04
Conference note
Figures
Alljets Lifetime tagging 7.7  +3.4 –3.3 (stat) +4.7 –3.8 (syst) ± 0.5 (lumi) pb +75% –65% 160 4/8/04
Conference note
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Dileptons Topological 14.3  +5.1 –4.3 (stat) +2.6 –1.9 (syst) ± 0.9 (lumi) pb +41% –33% 140 3/26/04
Conference note
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Other Top Quark Properties

 
Lepton+jets Forward-backward
charge asymmetry in
tt production
(8  ± 4 (stat) ± 1 (syst) )% 4.3 7/26/10
Conference note
Figures
Dileptons Spin correlations Correlation strength = –0.17 +0.65 –0.53 (stat + syst) 4.2 7/13/09
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets tt resonances from
leptophobic Z′ bosons
MZ′ < 820 GeV
excluded at 95% CL for ΓZ′ = 1.2% MZ′
3.6 3/16/09
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets
and dileptons
W boson helicity f0 = 0.490 ±0.106 (stat) ±0.085 (syst)
f+ = 0.110 ±0.059 (stat) ±0.052 (syst)s
2.7 7/25/08
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets SM Higgs
produced with tt
with H0→bb
σ(ttH) < 64 × SM value
for MHiggs> = 115 GeV
2.1 7/28/08
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets,
dileptons,
and tau+lepton
Decay to charged
Higgs boson
B(t→H+b) < 0.20 (95% CL) (leptophobic H+)
B(t→H+b) < 0.12 to 0.20 (95% CL) (tauonic H+)
1.0 7/25/08
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Figures
Lepton+jets Search for
tt resonances from
leptophobic Z' bosons
MZ' < 760 GeV
excluded at 95% CL for ΓZ' = 1.2% MZ'
2.1 3/7/08
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets
and dileptons
Cross section ratio σ(pp→tt)l+jets/σ(pp→tt)ll = 1.21 +0.27 −0.26 (stat + syst) 1.0 8/9/07
Conference note
Figures
Decay to charged
Higgs boson
B(t→H+b) < 0.35 (95% CL)
Lepton+jets
and dileptons
Top quark mass from
cross section measurements
166.9  +5.9 –5.2 (stat+syst) +3.7 –3.8 (theory) GeV
(lepton+jets, Kidonakis and Vogt)
166.1  +6.1 –5.3 (stat+syst) +4.9 –6.7 (theory) GeV
(lepton+jets, Cacciari et al.)
174.5 +10.5 –8.2 (stat+syst) +3.7 –3.6 (theory) GeV
(dileptons, Kidonakis and Vogt)
174.1  +9.8 –8.4 (stat+syst) +4.2 –6.0 (theory) GeV
(dileptons, Cacciari et al.)
1.0 8/15/07
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets Search for
tt resonances from
leptophobic Z' bosons
MZ' < 680 GeV
excluded at 95% CL for ΓZ' = 1.2% MZ'
910 7/20/07
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets tt resonances from
leptophobic Z' bosons
MZ' < 680 GeV
excluded at 95% CL for ΓZ' = 1.2% MZ'
370 7/20/05
Conference note
Figures
Dileptons and
lepton+jets
Right-handed W's
(topological selection)
f+ = 0.04 ± 0.11 (stat) ± 0.06 (syst)
f+ < 0.25 @ 95% CL
Varies 7/5/05
Conference note
Figures
Dileptons Right-handed W's
(topological selection)
f+ = 0.13 ± 0.20 (stat) ± 0.06 (syst) 370 7/5/05
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets Measurement of R =
B(t–>Wb)/B(t–>Wq)
CSIP:  R = 0.65 +0.34 –0.30 (stat) +0.17 –0.12 (syst)
SVT:  R = 0.70 +0.27 –0.24 (stat) +0.11 –0.10 (syst)
160 8/26/04
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets Right-handed W's
(topological selection)
f+ < 0.244 at 90% CL 160 8/6/04
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets Right-handed W's
(lifetime tagging)
f+ < 0.244 at 90% CL 160 7/5/04
Conference note
Figures
 
Search for Single Top Quark Production

(Limits at 95% confidence level)
 
Lepton+jets Combination of
DT, ME, and BNN
sigma(tb+X,tqb+X) = 4.8 ± 1.3 pb
(3.5 std. dev. significance)
± 27% 910 3/10/07
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets W' search 200 GeV < M(W') < 650 GeV
excluded at 95% CL
230 3/9/06
Conference note
Figures
Analysis details
Lepton+jets Likelihood s-channel:  sigma(tb) < 5.0 pb
t-channel:  sigma(tqb) < 4.4 pb
370 7/20/05
Conference note
Figures
Analysis details
Lepton+jets Decision trees s-channel:  sigma(tb) < 8.3 pb
t-channel:  sigma(tqb) < 8.1 pb
230 3/4/05
Conference note
Figures
Lepton+jets Cuts s-channel:  sigma(tb) < 19 pb
t-channel:  sigma(tqb) < 25 pb
s+t channels:  sigma(tqb) < 23 pb
160 8/13/04
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Analysis details


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