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Model-independent measurement of the W boson helicity in top quark decays at D0

The D0 collaboration Abazov, V.M. ; Abbott, B. ; Abolins, M. ; et al.

Phys.Rev.Lett. 100 (2008) 062004, 2008.

Inspire Record 767094 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.47072

We present the first model-independent measurement of the helicity of $W$ bosons produced in top quark decays, based on a 1 fb$^{-1}$ sample of candidate $t\bar{t}$ events in the dilepton and lepton plus jets channels collected by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron $p\bar{p}$ Collider. We reconstruct the angle $\theta^*$ between the momenta of the down-type fermion and the top quark in the $W$ boson rest frame for each top quark decay. A fit of the resulting \costheta distribution finds that the fraction of longitudinal $W$ bosons $f_0 = 0.425 \pm 0.166 \hbox{(stat.)} \pm 0.102 \hbox{(syst.)}$ and the fraction of right-handed $W$ bosons $f_+ = 0.119 \pm 0.090 \hbox{(stat.)} \pm 0.053 \hbox{(syst.)}$, which is consistent at the 30% C.L. with the standard model.

6 data tables

Table 1

COS(THETA*) distribution for leptonic W decay in lepton+jets events.. Data are read from plots and errors are statistcial (sqrt(N)).

Table 2

COS(THETA*) distribution for hadronic W decay in lepton+jets events.. Data are read from plots and errors are statistcial (sqrt(N)).

Table 3

COS(THETA*) distribution for W decay in dilepton events.. Data are read from plots and errors are statistcial (sqrt(N)).

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rivet Analysis
Studies of topological distributions of inclusive the three and four jet events in anti-P P collisions at s**(1/2) = 1800-GeV with the D0 detector

The D0 collaboration Abachi, S. ; Abbott, B. ; Abolins, M. ; et al.

Phys.Rev.D 53 (1996) 6000-6016, 1996.

Inspire Record 399364 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.11124

The global topologies of inclusive three-- and four--jet events produced in $\pp$ interactions are described. The three-- and four--jet events are selected from data recorded by the D\O\ detector at the Tevatron Collider operating at a center--of--mass energy of $\sqrt{s} = 1800$ GeV. The measured, normalized distributions of various topological variables are compared with parton--level predictions of tree--level QCD calculations. The parton--level QCD calculations are found to be in good agreement with the data. The studies also show that the topological distributions of the different subprocesses involving different numbers of quarks are very similar and reproduce the measured distributions well. The parton shower Monte Carlo generators provide a less satisfactory description of the topologies of the three-- and four--jet events.

29 data tables

Table 1

The estimated systematic uncertainty is 6 PCT.

Table 2

The estimated systematic uncertainty is 6 PCT.

Table 3

The estimated systematic uncertainty is 6 PCT.

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rivet Analysis
Properties of high mass multi - jet events at the Fermilab proton - anti-proton collider

The CDF collaboration Abe, F. ; Albrow, M.G. ; Amendolia, S.R. ; et al.

Phys.Rev.Lett. 75 (1995) 608-612, 1995.

Inspire Record 393345 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.52833

The properties of two-, three-, four-, five-, and six-jet events with multijet masses >600 GeV /c2 are compared with QCD predictions. The shapes of the multijet-mass and leading-jet-angular distributions are approximately independent of jet multiplicity and are well described by the NJETS matrix element calculation and the HERWIG parton shower Monte Carlo predictions. The observed jet transverse momentum distributions for three- and four-jet events discriminate between the matrix element and parton shower predictions, the data favoring the matrix element calculation.

19 data tables

Table 1

Exclusive 2-jet mass distribution.

Table 2

Exclusive 3-jet mass distribution.

Table 3

Exclusive 4-jet mass distribution.

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W boson + jet angular distribution in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.8-TeV

The CDF collaboration Abe, F. ; Albrow, M.G. ; Amidei, D. ; et al.

Phys.Rev.Lett. 73 (1994) 2296-2300, 1994.

Inspire Record 374152 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.42492

The W+jet angular distribution is measured using W→eν events recorded with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) during the 1988-89 and 1992-93 Tevatron runs. The data agree well with both a leading order and a next-to-leading order theoretical prediction. The shape of the angular distribution is similar to that observed in photon + jet data and significantly different from that observed in dijet data.

2 data tables

Table 1

Data normalized to 1 in the cos(theta) range -0.6 to 0.6.

Table 2

Data normalized to 1 in the abs(cos(theta)) range <0.3.

rivet Analysis
The Center-of-mass angular distribution of prompt photons produced in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.8-TeV

The CDF collaboration Abe, F. ; Albrow, Michael G. ; Amidei, Dante E. ; et al.

Phys.Rev.Lett. 71 (1993) 679-683, 1993.

Inspire Record 354237 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.53953

Data taken with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) during the 1988–1989 run of the Tevatron are used to measure the distribution of the center-of-mass (rest frame of the initial state partons) angle between isolated prompt photons and the beam direction. The shape of the angular distribution for photon-jet events is found to be significantly different from that observed in dijet data. The QCD predictions show qualitative agreement with the observed prompt photon angular distribution.

1 data table

Table 1

Background subtracted normalised prompt photon angular distribution.

Measurement of three jet distributions sensitive to the gluon spin in e+ e- annihilations at S**(1/2) = 91-GeV

The OPAL collaboration Alexander, G. ; Allison, John ; Allport, P.P. ; et al.

Z.Phys.C 52 (1991) 543-550, 1991.

Inspire Record 317142 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.14852

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4 data tables

Table 1

Data at Parton level.

Table 2

Ratio data/(Monte Carlo) at Parton level.

Table 3

Data at Parton level.. Distribution of Ellis-Karliner angle.

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rivet Analysis
CHARGED D* MESON PRODUCTION IN e+ e- ANNIHILATION AT S**(1/2) = 29-GeV

The TPC/Two Gamma collaboration Aihara, H. ; Alston-Garnjost, M. ; Armitage, J.C. ; et al.

Phys.Rev.D 34 (1986) 1945, 1986.

Inspire Record 217416 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.23509

The production of charmed D* mesons in e+e− annihilations at a center-of-mass energy of 29 GeV has been studied using the time-projection-chamber (TPC) detector at the SLAC storage ring PEP. The production cross section, fragmentation function, and forward-backward asymmetry due to electroweak effects are measured, and a limit on D0-D¯0 mixing is determined.

2 data tables

Table 1

No description provided.

Table 2

No description provided.

Observation and Study of a Narrow State in a $\Sigma^-$ (1385) $K^+$ System

The Berlin-Budapest-Dubna-Moscow-Prague-Sofiya-Tbilisi collaboration Aleev, A.N. ; Arefev, V.A. ; Balandin, V.P. ; et al.

Z.Phys.C 25 (1984) 205, 1984.

Inspire Record 201523 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.39601

New data on the observation and study of a narrow resonance decaying intoΣ−(1,385)K+ have been obtained. The mass of the resonance is (1,956−6+8) MeV/c2, and its width is (27±15) MeV/c2. The resonance is produced in the diffraction dissociation of neutrons on quasi-free nucleons of carbon nuclei. The slope parameter of the differential cross section inPT2 is (9.9±3.0) (GeV/c)−2. The cross section times the branching ratio is (0.22±0.04) μb per nucleon. The resonance has one of the natural spinparities: 5/2+, 7/2− and so on.

5 data tables

Table 1

YN IS IN ARBITRARY UNITS.

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Table 3

ARBITRARY UNITS FOR YN.