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Search for V + A Current in Top-Quark Decays in pp Collisions at s√=1.96  TeV

ContributorsCDF Collaboration
Published inPhysical review letters, vol. 98, no. 07, 072001
Publication date2007
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We report an upper limit on the fraction of V+A current, fV+A, in top-quark decays, using approximately 700  pb−1 of pp collisions at s√=1.96  TeV acquired by the upgraded Collider Detector at Fermilab. For the decay t→Wb→ℓνb (where ℓ=e or μ), the invariant mass of the charged lepton and the bottom quark jet is sensitive to the polarization of the W boson. We determine fV+A=−0.06±0.25 given a top-quark mass of 175  GeV/c2. We set an upper limit on fV+A of 0.29 at the 95% confidence level, an improvement by a factor of 2 on the previous best direct limit.

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CDF Collaboration. Search for V + A Current in Top-Quark Decays in pp Collisions at s√=1.96  TeV. In: Physical review letters, 2007, vol. 98, n° 07, p. 072001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.072001
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