The t (t) over bar spin correlation at production is a fundamental prediction of QCD and a potentially incisive test of new physics coupled to top quarks. We measure the t (t) over bar spin state in p (p) over bar collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV using 1001 candidate events in the lepton plus jets decay channel reconstructed in the CDF II detector. In the helicity basis, for a top-quark mass of 172.5 GeV/c(2), we find a spin correlation coefficient kappa = 0.60 +/- 0.50 (stat) +/- 0: 16 (syst), consistent with the QCD prediction, kappa approximate to 0.40.

Measurement of t(t)over-cap spin correlation in p(p)over-cap collisions using the CDF II detector at the Tevatron / T., A., B. A., G., S., A., D., A., A., A., A., A., J., A., G., A., J. A., A., A., A., T., A., A., A., J., A., W., A., B., A., A., A., F., A., W., B., A., B.G., V. E., B., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY. - ISSN 1550-7998. - 83:(2011), p. 031104. [10.1103/physrevd.83.031104]

Measurement of t(t)over-cap spin correlation in p(p)over-cap collisions using the CDF II detector at the Tevatron

S. D. Cecco;GIAGU, Stefano;IORI, Maurizio;MARGAROLI, Fabrizio;
2011

Abstract

The t (t) over bar spin correlation at production is a fundamental prediction of QCD and a potentially incisive test of new physics coupled to top quarks. We measure the t (t) over bar spin state in p (p) over bar collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV using 1001 candidate events in the lepton plus jets decay channel reconstructed in the CDF II detector. In the helicity basis, for a top-quark mass of 172.5 GeV/c(2), we find a spin correlation coefficient kappa = 0.60 +/- 0.50 (stat) +/- 0: 16 (syst), consistent with the QCD prediction, kappa approximate to 0.40.
2011
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Measurement of t(t)over-cap spin correlation in p(p)over-cap collisions using the CDF II detector at the Tevatron / T., A., B. A., G., S., A., D., A., A., A., A., A., J., A., G., A., J. A., A., A., A., T., A., A., A., J., A., W., A., B., A., A., A., F., A., W., B., A., B.G., V. E., B., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY. - ISSN 1550-7998. - 83:(2011), p. 031104. [10.1103/physrevd.83.031104]
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