We present the first direct experimental bound on the total decay width of the top quark, Gamma(t), using 955 pb(-1) of the Tevatron's p (p) over bar collisions recorded by the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We identify 253 top-antitop pair candidate events. The distribution of reconstructed top quark mass from these events is fitted to templates representing different values of the top quark width. Using a confidence interval based on likelihood-ratio ordering, we extract an upper limit at 95% C.L. of Gamma(t) < 13.1 GeV for an assumed top quark mass of 175 GeV/c(2).

Direct Bound on the Total Decay Width of the Top Quark in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV / Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M.g., Gonzalez, B.a., Amerio, S., Amidei, D., Anastassov, A., Annovi, A., Antos, J., Apollinari, G., Apresyan, A., Arisawa, T., Artikov, A., Ashmanskas, W., Attal, A., Aurisano, A., Azfar, F., Azzurri, P., Badgett, W., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 102:(2009). [10.1103/physrevlett.102.042001]

Direct Bound on the Total Decay Width of the Top Quark in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV

DE CECCO, Sandro;DIONISI, Carlo;GIAGU, Stefano;MARGAROLI, Fabrizio;IORI, Maurizio;LUCI, Claudio;
2009

Abstract

We present the first direct experimental bound on the total decay width of the top quark, Gamma(t), using 955 pb(-1) of the Tevatron's p (p) over bar collisions recorded by the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We identify 253 top-antitop pair candidate events. The distribution of reconstructed top quark mass from these events is fitted to templates representing different values of the top quark width. Using a confidence interval based on likelihood-ratio ordering, we extract an upper limit at 95% C.L. of Gamma(t) < 13.1 GeV for an assumed top quark mass of 175 GeV/c(2).
2009
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Direct Bound on the Total Decay Width of the Top Quark in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV / Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M.g., Gonzalez, B.a., Amerio, S., Amidei, D., Anastassov, A., Annovi, A., Antos, J., Apollinari, G., Apresyan, A., Arisawa, T., Artikov, A., Ashmanskas, W., Attal, A., Aurisano, A., Azfar, F., Azzurri, P., Badgett, W., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 102:(2009). [10.1103/physrevlett.102.042001]
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