Search for V+A current in top-quark decays in <script type="math/tex">p\overline{p}</script> collisions at <script type="math/tex">\sqrt{s}</script>=1.96 TeV

Abulencia, A.; Van Remortel, N.; et al.

doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.072001

Title

Search for V+A current in top-quark decays in $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ =1.96 TeV

Author

Abulencia, A.

Van Remortel, N.

et al.

Institution/Organisation

CDF Collaboration

Abstract

We report an upper limit on the fraction of V+A current, fV+A, in top-quark decays, using approximately 700 pb-1 of pp̅ collisions at √s=1.96 TeV acquired by the upgraded Collider Detector at Fermilab. For the decay t→Wb→ℓνb (where ℓ=e or μ), the invariant mass of the charged lepton and the bottom quark jet is sensitive to the polarization of the W boson. We determine fV+A=-0.06±0.25 given a top-quark mass of 175 GeV/c2. We set an upper limit on fV+A of 0.29 at the 95% confidence level, an improvement by a factor of 2 on the previous best direct limit.

Language

English

Source (journal)

Physical review letters. - New York, N.Y., 1958, currens

Publication

New York, N.Y. : American Physical Society , 2007

ISSN

0031-9007 [print]

1079-7114 [online]

DOI

10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.072001

Volume/pages