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

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Published 6 December 2006 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation Rohini M. Godbole et al JHEP12(2006)021 DOI 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/12/021

1126-6708/2006/12/021

Abstract

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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