Measurement of top quark polarization in tt¯ lepton+jets final states

(D0 Collaboration)

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.95.011101

Measurement of top quark polarization in tt¯ lepton+jets final states

(D0 Collaboration)

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We present a measurement of top quark polarization in tt- pair production in pp- collisions at s=1.96 TeV using data corresponding to 9.7 fb-1 of integrated luminosity recorded with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We consider final states containing a lepton and at least three jets. The polarization is measured through the distribution of lepton angles along three axes: the beam axis, the helicity axis, and the transverse axis normal to the tt- production plane. This is the first measurement of top quark polarization at the Tevatron using lepton+jet final states and the first measurement of the transverse polarization in tt- production. The observed distributions are consistent with standard model predictions of nearly no polarization.

Original language	English
Article number	011101
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	95
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.011101
Publication status	Published - 2017 Jan 9

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Measurement of top quark polarization in tt¯ lepton+jets final states

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