# Dependence of the $t\bar{t}$ production cross section on the transverse momentum of the top quark

Abstract : We present a measurement of the differential cross section for $t\bar{t}$ events produced in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV as a function of the transverse momentum ($p_T$) of the top quark. The selected events contain a high-$p_T$ lepton ($\ell$), four or more jets, and a large imbalance in $p_T$, and correspond to 1 fb${}^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity recorded with the D0 detector. Each event must have at least one candidate for a $b$ jet. Objects in the event are associated through a constrained kinematic fit to the $t\bar{t}\to WbW\bar{b} \to \ell\nu b q\bar{q}'\bar{b}$ process. Results from next-to-leading-order perturbative QCD calculations agree with the measured differential cross section. Comparisons are also provided to predictions from Monte Carlo event generators using QCD calculations at different levels of precision.
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### Citation

V.M. Abazov, B. Abbott, M. Abolins, B.S. Acharya, M. Adams, et al.. Dependence of the $t\bar{t}$ production cross section on the transverse momentum of the top quark. Physics Letters B, Elsevier, 2010, 693, pp.515-521. ⟨10.1016/j.physletb.2010.09.011⟩. ⟨in2p3-00446556⟩

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