Longitudinal top polarisation measurement and anomalous Wtb coupling

Prasath, Arun V and Godbole, Rohini M and Rindani, Saurabh D (2015) Longitudinal top polarisation measurement and anomalous Wtb coupling. In: EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, 75 (9).

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Abstract

Kinematical distributions of decay products of the top quark carry information on the polarisation of the top as well as on any possible new physics in the decay of the top quark. We construct observables in the form of asymmetries in the kinematical distributions to probe their effects. Charged-lepton angular distributions in the decay are insensitive to anomalous couplings to leading order. Hence these can be a robust probe of top polarisation. However, these are difficult to measure in the case of highly boosted top quarks as compared to energy distributions of decay products. These are then sensitive, in general, to both top polarisation and top anomalous couplings. We compare various asymmetries for their sensitivities to the longitudinal polarisation of the top quark as well as to possible new physics in the Wtb vertex, paying special attention to the case of highly boosted top quarks. We perform a chi(2) analysis to determine the regions in the plane of longitudinal polarisation of the top quark and the couplings of the Wtb vertex constrained by different combinations of the asymmetries. Moreover, we find that the use of observables sensitive to the longitudinal top polarisation can add to the sensitivity to which the Wtb vertex can be probed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the SPRINGER, 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for High Energy Physics
Date Deposited:	20 Jan 2016 05:16
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2016 05:16
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/53152

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