Measurement of W-boson polarization in top-quark decay using the full CDF Run II data set

We measure the polarization of W bosons from top-quark (t) decays into final states with a charged lepton and jets, tt̅→W[superscript +]bW[superscript -]b̅→ℓνbqq̅'b̅, using the full Run II data set collected by the CDF II detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 8.7  fb[superscrip...

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Main Authors: Gomez-Ceballos, Guillelmo (Contributor), Goncharov, Maxim (Contributor), Paus, Christoph M. E. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2013-04-25T15:06:54Z.
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520 |a We measure the polarization of W bosons from top-quark (t) decays into final states with a charged lepton and jets, tt̅→W[superscript +]bW[superscript -]b̅→ℓνbqq̅'b̅, using the full Run II data set collected by the CDF II detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 8.7  fb[superscript -1]. A model-independent method simultaneously determines the fraction of longitudinal (f[subscript 0]) and right-handed (f[subscript +]) W bosons to yield f[subscript 0]=0.726±0.066(stat)±0.067(syst) and f[subscript +]=-0.045±0.044(stat)±0.058(syst) with a correlation coefficient of -0.69. Additional results are presented under various standard model assumptions. No significant discrepancies with the standard model are observed. 
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