Measurement of W-Boson Polarization in Top-quark Decay in ppbar Collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV
We report measurements of the polarization of W bosons from top-quark decays using 2.7 fb{sup -1} of p{bar p} collisions collected by the CDF II detector. Assuming a top-quark mass of 175 GeV/c{sup 2}, three measurements are performed. A simultaneous measurement of the fraction of longitudinal (f{sub 0}) and right-handed (f{sub +}) W bosons yields the model-independent results f{sub 0} = 0.88 {+-} 0.11(stat) {+-} 0.06(syst) and f{sub +} = -0.15 {+-} 0.07(stat) {+-} 0.06(syst) with a correlation coefficient of -0.59. A measurement of f{sub 0} (f{sub +}) constraining f{sub +} (f{sub 0}) to its standard model value of 0.0 (0.7) yields f{sub 0} = 0.70 {+-} 0.07(stat) {+-} 0.04(syst) (f{sub +} = 0.01 {+-} 0.02(stat) {+-} 0.05(syst)). All these results are consistent with standard model expectations.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 973217
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-10-041-E; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1003.0224
- Journal Information:
- Submitted to Phys.Rev.Lett., Journal Name: Submitted to Phys.Rev.Lett.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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