Measurement of W-boson helicity fractions in top-quark decays using cos theta

Fully reconstructed a t (t) over bar -> W(+)bW(-)(b) over bar -> l nu q (q) over bar 'b (b) over bar events are used to determine the fractions of right-handed (f(+)) and longitudinally polarized (f(0)) W bosons produced in top-quark decays. The helicity fractions are sensitive to the cou...

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Autores: CDF Collaboration, Cabrera, Susana, Cuenca Almenar, Cristóbal, Álvarez González, B., Casal, Bruno, Cuevas, Javier, Gómez, Gervasio, Rodrigo Anoro, Teresa, Ruiz Jimeno, Alberto, Scodellaro, Luca, Vila, Iván, Vilar Cortabitarte, R., Aaltonen, T.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/22343
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/22343
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Helicity
W boson
Top quark
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Sumario:Fully reconstructed a t (t) over bar -> W(+)bW(-)(b) over bar -> l nu q (q) over bar 'b (b) over bar events are used to determine the fractions of right-handed (f(+)) and longitudinally polarized (f(0)) W bosons produced in top-quark decays. The helicity fractions are sensitive to the couplings and the Dirac structure of the Wtb vertex. This Letter reports measurements of the W-boson helicity fractions from two different methods using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.9 fb(-1) of pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV collected by the CDF II detector operating at the Fermilab Tevatron. Combining the results from the two methods, we find f(0) = 0.62 +/- 0.10(stat) +/- 0.05(syst) under the assumption that f(+) = 0, and f(+) = -0.04 +/- 0.04(stat) +/- 0.03(syst) with f(0) fixed to the theoretically expected value of 0.70. Model-independent fits are also performed and simultaneously determine f(0) =0.66 +/- 0.16(stat) +/- 0.05(syst) and f(+) = -0.03 +/- 0.06(stat) +/- 0.03(syst). All these results are consistent with standard model expectations.