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Report number arXiv:1607.07627 ; FERMILAB-PUB-16-284-E
Title Measurement of top quark polarization in $t \overline{t}$ lepton+jets final states
Related titleMeasurement of top quark polarization in $t \overline{t}$ lepton+jets final states
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Abazov, Victor Mukhamedovich (Dubna, JINR) ; Abbott, Braden Keim (Oklahoma U.) ; Acharya, Bannanje Sripath (Tata Inst.) ; Adams, Mark Raymond (Illinois U., Chicago) ; Adams, Todd (Florida State U.) ; Agnew, James P (Manchester U., Comp. Sci. Dept.) ; Alexeev, Guennadi D (Dubna, JINR) ; Alkhazov, Georgiy D (St. Petersburg, INP) ; Alton, Andrew K (Michigan U. ; Augustana Coll., Sioux Falls) ; Askew, Andrew Warren (Florida State U.) ; Atkins, Scott (Louisiana Tech. U.) ; Augsten, Kamil (Prague, Tech. U.) ; Aushev, Volodymyr (Taras Shevchenko U.) ; Aushev, Yegor (Taras Shevchenko U.) ; Avila, Carlos A (Andes U., Bogota) ; Badaud, Frederique (Clermont-Ferrand U.) ; Bagby, Linda F (Fermilab) ; Baldin, Boris (Fermilab) ; Bandurin, Dmitry V (Virginia U.) ; Banerjee, Sunanda (Tata Inst.) ; Barberis, Emanuela (Northeastern U.) ; Baringer, Philip S (Kansas U.) ; Bartlett, JFrederick (Fermilab) ; Bassler, Ursula Rita (IRFU, SPP, Saclay) ; Bazterra, Victor (Illinois U., Chicago) ; Bean, Alice L (Kansas U.) ; Begalli, Marcia (Rio de Janeiro State U.) ; Bellantoni, Leo (Fermilab) ; Beri, Suman B (Panjab U.) ; Bernardi, Gregorio (Paris U., VI-VII) ; Bernhard, Ralf Patrick (Freiburg U.) ; Bertram, Iain A (Lancaster U.) ; Besancon, Marc (IRFU, SPP, Saclay) ; Beuselinck, Raymond (Imperial Coll., London) ; Bhat, Pushpalatha C (Fermilab) ; Bhatia, Sudeep (Mississippi U.) ; Bhatnagar, Vipin (Panjab U.) ; Blazey, Gerald Charles (Northern Illinois U.) ; Blessing, Susan K (Florida State U.) ; Bloom, Kenneth A (Nebraska U.) ; Boehnlein, Amber S (Fermilab) ; Boline, Daniel Dooley (SUNY, Stony Brook) ; Boos, Edward E (Moscow State U.) ; Borissov, Guennadi (Lancaster U.) ; Borysova, Maryna (Taras Shevchenko U. ; Kiev, INR) ; Brandt, Andrew (Texas U., Arlington) ; Brandt, Oleg (Gottingen U., Zweites Phys. Inst.) ; Brochmann, Michelle (Washington U., Seattle) ; Brock, Raymond L (Michigan State U.) ; Bross, Alan D (Fermilab) ; Brown, Duncan Paul (Paris U., VI-VII) ; Bu, Xue-Bing (Fermilab) ; Buehler, Marc (Fermilab) ; Buescher, Volker (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Bunichev, Viacheslav Yevgenyevich (Moscow State U.) ; Burdin, Sergey (Lancaster U. ; Liverpool U.) ; Buszello, Claus Peter (Uppsala U.) ; Camacho-Perez, Enrique (CINVESTAV, IPN) ; Casey, Brendan Cameron Kieran (Fermilab) ; Castilla-Valdez, Heriberto (CINVESTAV, IPN) ; Caughron, Seth Aaron (Michigan State U.) ; Chakrabarti, Subhendu (SUNY, Stony Brook) ; Chan, Kwok Ming Leo (Notre Dame U.) ; Chandra, Avdhesh (Rice U.) ; Chapon, Emilien (IRFU, SPP, Saclay) ; Chen, Guo (Kansas U.) ; Cho, Sung-Woong (Korea U., KODEL) ; Choi, Suyong (Korea U., KODEL) ; Choudhary, Brajesh C (Delhi U.) ; Cihangir, Selcuk (Fermilab) ; Claes, Daniel R (Nebraska U.) ; Clutter, Justace Randall (Kansas U.) ; Cooke, Michael P (Fermilab ; AAAS, Washington, D.C.) ; Cooper, William Edward (Fermilab) ; Corcoran, Marjorie D (Rice U.) ; Couderc, Fabrice (IRFU, SPP, Saclay) ; Cousinou, Marie-Claude (Marseille, CPPM) ; Cuth, Jakub (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Cutts, David (Brown U.) ; Das, Amitabha (Southern Methodist U.) ; Davies, Gavin John (Imperial Coll., London) ; de Jong, Sijbrand Jan (NIKHEF, Amsterdam ; Nijmegen U.) ; De La Cruz-Burelo, Eduard (CINVESTAV, IPN) ; Deliot, Frederic (IRFU, SPP, Saclay) ; Demina, Regina (Rochester U.) ; Denisov, Dmitri S (Fermilab) ; Denisov, Sergei P (Serpukhov, IHEP) ; Desai, Satish Vijay (Fermilab) ; Deterre, Cecile (Manchester U., Comp. Sci. Dept. ; DESY) ; DeVaughan, Kayle Otis (Nebraska U.) ; Diehl, HThomas (Fermilab) ; Diesburg, Michael (Fermilab) ; Ding, Pengfei (Manchester U., Comp. Sci. 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Sci. Dept.) ; Harel, Amnon (Rochester U.) ; Hauptman, John Michael (Iowa State U.) ; Hays, Jonathan M (Imperial Coll., London) ; Head, Tim (Manchester U., Comp. Sci. Dept.) ; Hebbeker, Thomas (Aachen, Tech. Hochsch.) ; Hedin, David R (Northern Illinois U.) ; Hegab, Hatim (Oklahoma State U.) ; Heinson, Ann (UC, Riverside) ; Heintz, Ulrich (Brown U.) ; Hensel, Carsten (Rio de Janeiro, CBPF) ; Heredia-De La Cruz, Ivan (CINVESTAV, IPN ; Conacyt, Mexico) ; Herner, Kenneth Richard (Fermilab) ; Hesketh, Gavin G (Manchester U., Comp. Sci. Dept. ; University Coll. London) ; Hildreth, Michael D (Notre Dame U.) ; Hirosky, Robert James (Virginia U.) ; Hoang, Trang (Florida State U.) ; Hobbs, John D (SUNY, Stony Brook) ; Hoeneisen, Bruce (San Francisco de Quito U.) ; Hogan, Julie (Rice U.) ; Hohlfeld, Mark (Mainz U., Inst. Phys.) ; Holzbauer, Jenny Lyn (Mississippi U.) ; Howley, Ian James (Texas U., Arlington) ; Hubacek, Zdenek (Prague, Tech. 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Publication 2017-01-09
Imprint 26 Jul 2016
Number of pages 9
Note Comments: 8 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett
9 pages, 11 figures, published version
In: Phys. Rev. D 95 (2017) 011101
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.011101
Subject category Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract We present a study of top quark polarization in $t \overline{t}$ events produced in $p \overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV. Data correspond to 9.7 fb$^{-1}$ collected with the D0 detector at the Tevatron. We use final states containing a lepton and at least three jets. The polarization is measured using the distribution of leptons along the beam and helicity axes, and the axis normal to the production plane. This is the first measurement of top quark polarization at the Tevatron in $\ell$+jets final states, and first measurement of transverse polarization in $t \overline{t}$ production. The observed distributions are consistent with the standard model.
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