SPIN CORRELATION IN TOP-QUARK PRODUCTION AT HADRON COLLIDERS

Authors
STELZER T WILLENBROCK S
Citation
T. Stelzer et S. Willenbrock, SPIN CORRELATION IN TOP-QUARK PRODUCTION AT HADRON COLLIDERS, Physics letters. Section B, 374(1-3), 1996, pp. 169-172
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
374
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
169 - 172
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1996)374:1-3<169:SCITPA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We propose techniques to observe the correlation of the spins of top q uarks and antiquarks at the Tevatron and the LHC. Observation of the s pin correlation would confirm that the top quark decays before its spi n flips, and would place a lower bound on the top-quark width and V-tb . The spin correlation may also be a useful tool to study the weak dec ay amplitude of the top quark.