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Title: Measurement of the W boson polarization in top quark decays with the ATLAS detector

Journal Article · · Journal of High Energy Physics

This paper presents measurements of the polarization ofW bosons in top quark decays, derived from t{bar t} events with missing transverse momentum, one charged lepton and at least four jets, or two charged leptons and at least two jets. Data from pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV were collected with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 1.04 fb{sup -1}. The measured fractions of longitudinally, left- and right-handed polarization are F{sub 0} = 0.67 {+-} 0.07, F{sub L} = 0.32 {+-} 0.04 and F{sub R} = 0.01 {+-} 0.05, in agreement with the Standard Model predictions. As the polarization of the W bosons in top quark decays is sensitive to the Wtb vertex Lorentz structure and couplings, the measurements were used to set limits on anomalous contributions to the Wtb couplings.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1046088
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-12-346-E; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1205.2484; TRN: US1203917
Journal Information:
Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2012, Issue 6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English