# The impact of ATLAS and CMS single differential top-quark pair measurements at ${\sqrt{ s}\bf{=8}}$ TeV on CTEQ-TEA PDFs

• By applying the Error PDF Updating Method, we analyze the impact of the absolute and normalized single differential cross-sections for top-quark pair production data from the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, at a center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s} = 8$ TeV, on the CT14HERA2 PDFs. We find that the top quark pair single differential distributions provide minor constraints on the CT14HERA2 gluon PDF when the nominal CT14HERA2 inclusive jet production data are included in the fit. Larger constraints on the gluon distribution are present when the jet data are removed (CT14HERA2mJ) and/or when increased weights are given to the top data in the CT14HERA2 fits. The weighted $t\bar t$ data provide significant constraints on the CT14HERA2mJ gluon PDF, which are comparable to those obtained from inclusive jet production data. Furthermore, we examine the top quark mass sensitivity of the top-quark pair single differential distributions.
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Musajan Kadir, Alim Ablat, Sayipjamal Dulat, Tie-Jiun Hou and Ibrahim Sitiwaldi. The impact of ATLAS and CMS single differential top-quark pair measurements at ${\sqrt{ s}\bf{=8}}$ TeV on CTEQ-TEA PDFs[J]. Chinese Physics C.
Musajan Kadir, Alim Ablat, Sayipjamal Dulat, Tie-Jiun Hou and Ibrahim Sitiwaldi. The impact of ATLAS and CMS single differential top-quark pair measurements at ${\sqrt{ s}\bf{=8}}$ TeV on CTEQ-TEA PDFs[J]. Chinese Physics C.
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## The impact of ATLAS and CMS single differential top-quark pair measurements at ${\sqrt{ s}\bf{=8}}$ TeV on CTEQ-TEA PDFs

• 1. School of Physics Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
• 2. Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China

Abstract: By applying the Error PDF Updating Method, we analyze the impact of the absolute and normalized single differential cross-sections for top-quark pair production data from the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, at a center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s} = 8$ TeV, on the CT14HERA2 PDFs. We find that the top quark pair single differential distributions provide minor constraints on the CT14HERA2 gluon PDF when the nominal CT14HERA2 inclusive jet production data are included in the fit. Larger constraints on the gluon distribution are present when the jet data are removed (CT14HERA2mJ) and/or when increased weights are given to the top data in the CT14HERA2 fits. The weighted $t\bar t$ data provide significant constraints on the CT14HERA2mJ gluon PDF, which are comparable to those obtained from inclusive jet production data. Furthermore, we examine the top quark mass sensitivity of the top-quark pair single differential distributions.

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