Measurement of the W boson helicity in events with a single reconstructed top quark in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV
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2015-01Typ
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Abstract
A measurement of the W boson helicity is presented, where the W boson originates from the decay of a top quark produced in pp collisions. The event selection, optimized for reconstructing a single top quark in the final state, requires exactly one isolated lepton (muon or electron) and exactly two jets, one of which is likely to originate from the hadronization of a bottom quark. The analysis is performed using data recorded at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC in 2012. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1. The measured helicity fractions are F L = 0.298 ± 0.028 (stat) ± 0.032(syst), F 0 = 0.720 ± 0.039 (stat) ± 0.037(syst), and F R = −0.018 ± 0.019 (stat) ± 0.011(syst). These results are used to set limits on the real part of the tWb anomalous couplings, g L and g R.
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000105247Publikationsstatus
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Journal of High Energy PhysicsBand
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Electroweak interaction; Hadron-Hadron ScatteringOrganisationseinheit
03381 - Pauss, Felicitas (emeritus)
03593 - Dissertori, Günther / Dissertori, Günther
03904 - Wallny, Rainer / Wallny, Rainer
08803 - Grab, Christoph (Tit.Prof.)
ETH Bibliographie
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