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Search for anomalous couplings in the $Wtb$ vertex from the measurement of double differential angular decay rates of single top quarks produced in the $t$-channel with the ATLAS detector

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dc.contributor.authorATLAS collaboration (2866 authors)
dc.contributor.authorAguilar-Saavedra, Juan Antonio
dc.contributor.authorAmor Dos Santos, Susana Patricia
dc.contributor.authorAnjos, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorAraque, Juan Pedro
dc.contributor.authorCantrill, Robert
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, João
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Nuno Filipe
dc.contributor.authorConde Muiño, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorDa Cunha Sargedas De Sousa, Mario Jose
dc.contributor.authorFiolhais, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorGalhardo, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorGomes, Agostinho
dc.contributor.authorGonçalo, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorJorge, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Lourenco
dc.contributor.authorMachado Miguens, Joana
dc.contributor.authorMaio, Amélia
dc.contributor.authorManeira, José
dc.contributor.authorOnofre, António
dc.contributor.authorPalma, Alberto
dc.contributor.authorPedro, Rute
dc.contributor.authorPina, João Antonio
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Helena
dc.contributor.authorSaraiva, João
dc.contributor.authorSilva, José
dc.contributor.authorTavares Delgado, Ademar
dc.contributor.authorVeloso, Filipe
dc.contributor.authorWolters, Helmut
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-04T08:23:30Z
dc.date.available2019-02-04T08:23:30Z
dc.date.issued2016-04-05
dc.date.updated2019-02-04T08:23:30Z
dc.description.abstractThe electroweak production and subsequent decay of single top quarks is determined by the properties of the $Wtb$ vertex. This vertex can be described by the complex parameters of an effective Lagrangian. An analysis of angular distributions of the decay products of single top quarks produced in the $t$-channel constrains these parameters simultaneously. The analysis described in this paper uses 4.6 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collision data at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC.Two parameters are measured simultaneously in this analysis. The fraction $f_1$ of decays containing transversely polarised $W$ bosons is measured to be $0.37 \pm 0.07$ (stat.$\oplus$syst.). The phase $\delta_{-}$ between amplitudes for transversely and longitudinally polarised $W$ bosons recoiling against left-handed $b$-quarks is measured to be $-0.14\pi \pm 0.036\pi$ (stat.$\oplus$syst.).The correlation in the measurement of these parameters is $0.15$. These values result in two-dimensional limits at the 95% confidence level on the ratio of the complex coupling parameters $g_\mathrm{R}$ and $V_\mathrm{L}$, yielding Re [$g_\mathrm{R}/V_\mathrm{L}$] $\in [-0.36,0.10]$ and Im [$g_\mathrm{R}/V_\mathrm{L}$] $\in [-0.17,0.23]$ with a correlation of 0.11. The results are in good agreement with the predictions of the Standard Model.
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewed
dc.identifierJHEP 1604 (2016) 023 JHEP 04 (2016) 023; DOI 10.1007/JHEP04(2016)023
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2016)023
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26953
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleSearch for anomalous couplings in the $Wtb$ vertex from the measurement of double differential angular decay rates of single top quarks produced in the $t$-channel with the ATLAS detector
dc.typejournal article
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rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt
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