US ATLAS Top Physics Working Group

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Mandate

This group exist to coordinate and support top physics analysis activities based in the U.S. It is not meant to be a parallel management to that of CERN Top WG, rather it will try to strengthen the analysis experience in the U.S. through local activities.

The main activity right now is the bi-weekly meeting organized on Wednesday. Agenda is here.

Ongoing analyses

• QCD Background in Electron + Jets tT at D0 (Scott Snyder, BNL)
• Ditop resonance (Francesco Spano, Columbia)
• Pre-commissioning analysis (LBL)
• Ditop resonance (Dilip Kumar Jana, Oklahoma)
• Dilepton analysis (Razzak Meera Lebbai, Oklahoma)
• QCD background in Muon + Jets (Robert Harrington, Boston)

Past activities

CSC analysis

• Single top t-channel analysis (Akira Shibata, NYU)
• Single top analysis (Jim Cochran/Kyoko Yamanaka/Nathan Triplett, Iowa State)

Suggested topics that are uncovered

• Top mass measurement
• tT cross section with b-tagging (especially, semileptonic tagging)
• Trigger study
• Differencial cross section in lepton+Jets channel

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Major updates: -- Main.akira - 30 Jun 2008
-- TWikiAdminGroup - 07 Jul 2008