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@MASTERSTHESIS{Roscher:615857,
author = {Roscher, Lukas},
othercontributors = {Moenig, Klaus and Lacker, Heiko},
title = {{S}tudien zur {R}ekonstruktion der invarianten {M}asse von
{T}op-{A}ntitop-{P}aaren im dileptonischen {K}anal mit
{H}ilfe eines neuronalen {N}etzwerkes am {ATLAS}
{D}etektor.},
school = {Humboldt Universität zu Berlin},
type = {Masterarbeit},
reportid = {PUBDB-2024-06298},
pages = {71},
year = {2024},
note = {Masterarbeit, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, 2024},
abstract = {The studies in this thesis are motivated by the measurement
of the top quark Yukawa coupling Ytrelative to the SM value
in the dileptonic decay channel of top-antitop (t¯t) pairs
at the ATLAS experiment. The used (simulated) data
correspond to the proton-proton collision data recorded
between 2015 and 2018 at √s=13 TeV with an integrated
luminosity of 140 fb−1. In the dileptonic channel, the
t¯t pair decays into two b quarks and two W bosons, which
then decay into one lepton and neutrino each. Virtual
corrections through the exchange of a Higgs boson between
the produced top quarks modify the spectrum of the invariant
mass of the top-antitop pair mt¯t in the region of the
production threshold (≈2mt). A precise analysis of this
distribution provides insights into the strength of the
top-Yukawa coupling. Due to the two neutrinos in the final
state, the reconstruction of mt¯t is only possible through
approximation methods that incorporate kinematic constraints
on the W mass and top quark mass as well as the
reconstructed missing transverse momentum. Therefore, a
neural network using techniques from the field of deep
learning is motivated and presented in this thesis, which
reconstructs mt¯t through regression using high-level
observables as input. As inputs, the invariant masses meμ,
meb1, meb2, mμb1, mμb2, and mb1b2 of the electrons, muons,
and b-jets in the final state, together with the magnitude
of the missing transverse momentum EmissT, are used. The
output distribution of the neural network is analyzed for
datasets generated by pythia8 and Herwig7 to investigate the
influence of different t¯t modeling. Additionally, the
agreement between simulation and experimental data is
examined. A maximum-likelihood fit for a future measurement
of Yt is presented. Here, the experimental data and the
expected t¯t signal for different values of Yt are
compared, and the best agreement is given as an estimate for
Yt, considering systematic uncertainties. Since the
systematic uncertainties were not implemented due to time
constraints, an initial fit based on Asimov data is
performed to estimate the measurement precision. Compared to
the easily reconstructed invariant mass mrecobbll of the
leptons and b-jets, the distribution from the neural network
shows an approximately $3.5\%$ lower uncertainty in the
estimation of Yt (excluding systematics). The systematic
uncertainty of the t¯t modeling differences by Pythia8 and
Herwig7 is also examined.},
cin = {ATLAS},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)ATLAS-20120731},
pnm = {611 - Fundamental Particles and Forces (POF4-611)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-611},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)LHC-Exp-ATLAS-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)19},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/615857},
}