Top-Quark Pair Production Cross Sections and Calibration of the Top-Quark Monte-Carlo Mass

1. Preamble
Jan Kieseler

2. Introduction to Top Quark Production and Decay in Proton-Proton Collisions
Jan Kieseler

3. The LHC and the CMS Experiment
Jan Kieseler

4. Event Reconstruction and Selection
Jan Kieseler

5. Measurement of the Top-Quark Pair Production Cross Section
Jan Kieseler

6. Extraction of the Top-Quark Mass
Jan Kieseler

7. Calibration of the Top-Quark Monte-Carlo Mass
Jan Kieseler

8. Summary and Conclusions
Jan Kieseler

Avainsanat: Physics, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Field Theories, String Theory