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Title: Searches for New Physics in Top Decays at D0

Abstract

The Tevatron proton-antiproton collider at Fermilab with its centre of mass energy of 1.96 TeV allows for pair production of top quarks and the study of top quark decay properties. This report reflects the current status of measurements of the W boson helicity in top quark decays and the ratio of top quark branching fractions as well as searches for neutral current top quark decays and pair production of fourth generation t' quarks, performed by the D0 Collaboration utilising datasets of up to 5.4 fb{sup -1}.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1028486
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-CONF-11-403-E
arXiv eprint number arXiv:1108.5205; TRN: US1105457
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at 19th International Conference on Particles and Nuclei (PANIC 11), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 24-29 Jul 2011
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; DECAY; FERMILAB; FERMILAB TEVATRON; HELICITY; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; NEUTRAL CURRENTS; PAIR PRODUCTION; PHYSICS; QUARKS; T QUARKS; Experiment-HEP

Citation Formats

Pleier, Marc-Andre, and /Brookhaven. Searches for New Physics in Top Decays at D0. United States: N. p., 2011. Web.
Pleier, Marc-Andre, & /Brookhaven. Searches for New Physics in Top Decays at D0. United States.
Pleier, Marc-Andre, and /Brookhaven. 2011. "Searches for New Physics in Top Decays at D0". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1028486.
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author = {Pleier, Marc-Andre and /Brookhaven},
abstractNote = {The Tevatron proton-antiproton collider at Fermilab with its centre of mass energy of 1.96 TeV allows for pair production of top quarks and the study of top quark decay properties. This report reflects the current status of measurements of the W boson helicity in top quark decays and the ratio of top quark branching fractions as well as searches for neutral current top quark decays and pair production of fourth generation t' quarks, performed by the D0 Collaboration utilising datasets of up to 5.4 fb{sup -1}.},
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year = {Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
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