Published February 1, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Effective-field-theory approach to top-quark production and decay

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (United States)

Description

We discuss new physics in top-quark interactions, using an effective-field-theory approach. We consider top-quark decay, single top production, and top-quark pair production. We identify 15 dimension-six operators that contribute to these processes, and we compute the deviation from the standard model induced by these operators. The results provide a systematic way of searching for (or obtaining bounds on) physics beyond the standard model.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
83
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 034006-034006.17
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2011 American Institute of Physics