Properties of the top quark
- Fermilab
Recent measurements of top-quark properties at the LHC and the Tevatron are presented. Most recent measurements of the top quark mass have been carried out by CMS using $19.7/$fb of $$\sqrt{s} = 8$$ TeV data including the study of the dependence on event kinematics. ATLAS uses the full Run I data at $$\sqrt{s} = 7$$ TeV for a "3D" measurement that significantly reduces systematic uncertainties. D0 employs the full Run II data using the matrix element method to measure the top quark mass with significantly reduced systematic uncertainties. Many different measurements of the top quark exist to date and the most precise ones per decay channel per experiment have been combined into the first world combination with a relative precision of 0.44%. Latest updates of measurements of production asymmetries include the measurement of the \ttbar production asymmetry by D0 employing the full Run II data set, by CMS and ATLAS (including the polarization of the top quark) employing both the full data set at $$\sqrt{s} = 7$$ TeV. CMS uses the full $$\sqrt{s} = 8$$ TeV data to measure the top quark polarization in single top production, the ratio $${\cal R}$$ of the branching fractions $${\cal B}(t \rightarrow Wb) / {\cal B}(t \rightarrow Wq)$$ and to search for flavor changing neutral currents. The results from all these measurements agree well with their respective Standard Model expectation.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1326605
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-CONF-14-339-E; arXiv:1409.7090; 1318941
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2nd Large Hadron Collider Physics Conference, New York City, New York, USA, 06/02-06/07/2014
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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