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Top Quark Mass Calibration for Monte Carlo Event Generators

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arxiv 1608.01318 v1 pith:K7NGEQ66 submitted 2016-08-03 hep-ph hep-ex

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The most precise top quark mass measurements use kinematic reconstruction methods, determining the top mass parameter of a Monte Carlo event generator, $m_t^{\rm MC}$. Due to hadronization and parton shower dynamics, relating $m_t^{\rm MC}$ to a field theory mass is difficult. We present a calibration procedure to determine this relation using hadron level QCD predictions for observables with kinematic mass sensitivity. Fitting $e^+e^-$ 2-Jettiness calculations at NLL/NNLL order to Pythia 8.205, $m_t^{\rm MC}$ differs from the pole mass by $900$/$600$ MeV, and agrees with the MSR mass within uncertainties, $m_t^{\rm MC}\simeq m_{t,1\,{\rm GeV}}^{\rm MSR}$.

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