Search for right-handed W bosons in top quark decay

DO Collaboration, The and Bertram, Iain A. and Borissov, Guennadi V. and Ratoff, Peter N. and Sopczak, Andre (2005) Search for right-handed W bosons in top quark decay. Physical Review D, 72 (1). 011104. ISSN 1550-7998

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Abstract

We present a measurement of the fraction f+ of right-handed W bosons produced in top quark decays, based on a candidate sample of t[overline t] events in the lepton+jets decay mode. These data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 230 pb-1, collected by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron p[overline p] Collider at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV. We use a constrained fit to reconstruct the kinematics of the t[overline t] and decay products, which allows for the measurement of the leptonic decay angle theta* for each event. By comparing the costheta* distribution from the data with those for the expected background and signal for various values of f+, we find f+=0.00±0.13(stat)±0.07(syst). This measurement is consistent with the standard model prediction of f+=3.6×10-4.

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Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Physical Review D
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Subjects:
?? intermediate boson productionquark decayelementary particle jetsproton-proton inclusive interactionsmeson leptonic decaystandard modelhigh-energy elementary particle interactionsqc physics ??
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82013
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Deposited On:
08 Oct 2016 00:06
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