Measurement of the W boson helicity in t$$\bar{t}$$ decays
- Univ. of Wuppertal (Germany)
The subject of this thesis is the measurement of the helicity of the W boson produced in the decay of the top quark. The standard model predicts the helicity of these W bosons to be either negative or zero, but not positive. In case the top quark sector is already influenced by effects from new physics, the weak charged current, responsible for the decay of the top quark, can be altered from a pure V=A charged current interaction to a pure V+A interaction or a mixture between these two scenarios. This would decrease the fraction of W bosons with negative helicity and W bosons with positive helicity would appear. A change would then be visible in the distribution of the decay angle θ between the lepton and the (negative) b quark direction in the rest frame of the W boson.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 907803
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-THESIS-2005-87; TRN: US0703598
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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