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    All possible combinations of particles and antiparticles are included implicitly. The notation +jets indicates that the number of jets is not determined, while jj e.g. refers to exactly two jets. (Z→ττ) jj always includes the decay of the τ lepton into an electron or muon.

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    Heavy-flavor quarks are not considered separately as the kinematics of these events is very similar and no bias is observed, see Fig. 6.12.

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Grohsjean, A. (2010). The Matrix Element Method. In: Measurement of the Top Quark Mass in the Dilepton Final State Using the Matrix Element Method. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14070-9_5

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