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Title
Measurement of the W-boson helicity in top-quark decays from production in lepton + jets events in pp collisions at
Author
Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
The W-boson helicity fractions in top-quark decays are measured with t (t) over bar events in the lepton+jets final state, using proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, collected in 2011 with the CMS detector at the LHC. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb(-1). The measured fractions of longitudinal, left-, and right-handed helicity are F-0 = 0.682 +/- 0.030 (stat.) +/- 0.033 (syst.), F-L = 0.310 +/- 0.022 (stat.) +/- 0.022 (syst.), and F-R = 0.008 +/- 0.012 (stat.) +/- 0.014 (syst.), consistent with the standard model predictions. The measured fractions are used to probe the existence of anomalous Wtb couplings. Exclusion limits on the real components of the anomalous couplings g(L), g(R) are also derived.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of high energy physics. - Bristol
Publication
Bristol : 2013
ISSN
1126-6708
1029-8479 [online]
DOI
10.1007/JHEP10(2013)167
Volume/pages
10 (2013) , p. 1-45
Article Reference
167
ISI
000326190800001
Medium
E-only publicatie
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Last edited 04.03.2024
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