tW−mode of single top quark production

1999/09/13 by Tim M. P. Tait · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ex #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.61.034001

published as Phys.Rev.D61:034001,2000 · 16 pages, 4 figures

arxiv created 1999/09/13 · openalex publication_date 1999/12/21 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The tW^\ensuremath- mode of single top quark production is proposed as an important means to study the weak interactions of the top quark. While the rate of this mode is most likely too small to be observed at run II of the Fermilab Tevatron, it is expected to be considerably larger at the CERN LHC. In this article the inclusive tW^\ensuremath- rate is computed, including O(1/logm_t²/m_b²) corrections, and when combined with detailed Monte Carlo simulations, including the top quark and W decay products, indicates that the tW^\ensuremath- single top quark process may be extracted from the considerable tt and W⁺W^\ensuremath-j backgrounds at low luminosity runs of the LHC.

Citations

• Observation of the Top Quark
• Single-top-quark production via
• Observation of Top Quark Production in Pbar-P Collisions
• Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (in "The Review of Particle Properties" 2004)

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• TOP QUARK SPIN POLARIZATION IN eγ COLLISION