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Using the W Boson as a Standard Candle to Reach the Top: Calibrating Energy-Correlator-Based Top Mass Measurements

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The top quark mass is a key parameter of the standard model, yet measuring it precisely at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is challenging. Inspired by the use of standard candles in cosmology, we propose a novel energy correlator-based observable, which directly accesses the dimensionless quantity m_{t}/m_{W}. We perform a Monte Carlo study to demonstrate the feasibility of the top mass extraction from Run 2, 3, and High-Luminosity LHC datasets. Our resulting m_{t} can be defined in a well-controlled short-distance mass scheme and exhibits remarkably small uncertainties from nonperturbative effects, as well as insensitivity to parton distribution functions, outlining a roadmap for a record precision measurement at the LHC.
DOI: 10.1103/j4sp-fcmd
Authors: Jack Holguin, Ian Moult, Aditya Pathak, Massimiliano Procura, Robert Schöfbeck, Dennis Schwarz
Institutions: University of Manchester, Centre de Physique Théorique, Yale University, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, University of Vienna, Institute for High Energy Physics, Institute of High Energy Physics
Language: English
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,750
Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Yale University, Leverhulme Trust, Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Labex, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
Awards: G1610782679, Idex Paris-Saclay, G4866930200, G6458387871, G7240651115, G7376787254, Physics of the 2 infinities and the origins
OpenAlex ID: W4410426558
FWCI: 7.574
Cites: 101
Cited by: 16
Related to: 10