Measurement of the correlations between the polar angles of leptons from top quark decays in the helicity basis at $\sqrt{s}=7$TeV using the ATLAS detector

CERN-LHC. A measurement of the correlations between the polar angles of leptons from the decay of pair-produced $t$ and $\bar{t}$ quarks in the helicity basis is reported, using proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 4.6fb$^{-1}$ at a center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV collected during 2011. Candidate events are selected in the dilepton topology with large missing transverse momentum and at least two jets. The angles $\theta_1$ and $\theta_2$ between the charged leptons and the direction of motion of the parent quarks in the $t\bar{t}$ rest frame are sensitive to the spin information, and the distribution of $\cos\theta_1\cdot\cos\theta_2$ is sensitive to the spin correlation between the $t$ and $\bar{t}$ quarks. The distribution is unfolded to parton level and compared to the next-to-leading order prediction. A good agreement is observed.

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Keywords
  • cmenergies: 7000.0-7000.0
  • observables: DSIG/DTHETA
  • W Pair Production
  • Top
  • Angular Dependence
  • Proton-Proton Scattering
  • W Production
  • Top Production
  • Differential Cross Section
  • Inclusive
  • P P --> LEPTON+ NU LEPTON- NUBAR BOTTOM BOTTOMBAR X
  • P P --> W+ W- BOTTOM BOTTOMBAR X
  • P P --> TOP TOPBAR X
Defined In https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.012002
Author Georges Aad
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Brad Abbott
Jalal Abdallah
Ovsat Abdinov
Rosemarie Aben
Maris Abolins
Ossama AbouZeid
Halina Abramowicz
Henso Abreu
Ricardo Abreu
Repository Name INSPIRE-HEP
Source Creation February 17, 2025
Source Modified March 26, 2025
Language Deutsch
Publication Year 2017-02-10