Top-quark physics at the Large Hadron Collider

Understand

This experimental review gives an overview of top-quark measurements performed by the two general purpose-detectors ATLAS and CMS during the first few years of running of the Large Hadron Collider.

• In the years 2010 - 2012 each experiment collected 5 fb$^{-1}$ of pp collision data at $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV and 20 fb$^{-1}$ at $\sqrt{s} = 8$ TeV, allowing detailed studies of top-quark production and decays, and measurements of the properties of the top quark with unprecedented precision.