Non-resonant and offshell effects in top-pair observables

Abstract

In these proceedings we investigate the impact of offshell and non-resonant contributions to kinematic distributions in $t\bar{t}$ final states by comparing several next-to-leading-order~(NLO) + parton shower (PS) generators which differ in the way they model these effects. We focus on distributions traditionally used for measurements of fundamental top-quark properties such as its Yukawa coupling or its mass. Given the current experimental uncertainties, we find that such effects can have relatively large impact on the shape of these distributions and are thus mandatory for accurate measurements.