Published December 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Lepton distribution as a probe of new physics in production and decay of the t quark and its polarization

  • 1. Center for High Energy Physics, IISc, Bangalore, 560 012 (India)
  • 2. Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009 (India)
  • 3. Laboratoire de Physique Theorique, 91405 Orsay Cedex (France)

Description

We investigate the possibility of studying new physics in various processes of t-quark production using kinematical distributions of the secondary lepton coming from the decay of t quarks. We show that the angular distribution of the secondary lepton is insensitive to the anomalous tbW vertex and hence is a pure probe of new physics in a generic process of t-quark production. The energy distribution of the lepton is distinctly affected by anomalous tbW couplings and can be used to analyze them independent of the production process of t quarks. The effects of t polarization on the distributions of the decay lepton are demonstrated for top-pair production process at a γγ collider mediated by a heavy Higgs boson

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
12
Journal Issue
2006
Journal Page Range
p. 021
ISSN
1126-6708