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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)).

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

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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.

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The estimated systematic uncertainty is 6 PCT.

Table 3

The estimated systematic uncertainty is 6 PCT.

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Rescattering probed by the emission of slow target associated particles in high-energy heavy ion interactions

The EMU01 collaboration Adamovich, M.I ; Aggarwal, M.M ; Alexandrov, Y.A ; et al.

Phys.Lett.B 363 (1995) 230-236, 1995.

Inspire Record 406952 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.28438

In this letter the distribution of slow target associated particles emitted in Au + Emulsion interactions at 11.6 A GeV/ c is studied. The three models RQMD, FRITIOF and VENUS are used for comparisons and especially their treatment of rescattering is investigated.

6 data tables

Table 1

No description provided.

Table 2

PROJECTILE ASSOCIATED HE-FRAGMENTS.

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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.

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Ratio data/(Monte Carlo) at Parton level.

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

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A Determination of electroweak parameters from Z0 ---> mu+ mu- (gamma)

The L3 collaboration Adeva, B. ; Adriani, O. ; Aguilar-Benitez, M. ; et al.

Phys.Lett.B 247 (1990) 473-480, 1990.

Inspire Record 297172 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.29622

We have measured the partial width and forward-backward charge asymmetry for the reaction e + e - →Z 0 →μ + μ - (γ). We obtain a partial width Γ μμ of 83.3±1.3(stat)±0.9(sys) MeV and the following values for the vector and axial vector couplings: g v =−0.062 −0.015 +0.020 and g A =−0.497 −0.005 +0.005 . From our measurement of the partial width and the mass of the Z 0 boson we determine the effective electroweak mixing angle, sin 2 θ w =0.232±0.005, and the neutral current coupling strength parameter, ϱ =0.998±0.016.

4 data tables

Table 1

No description provided.

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Forward backward charge asymmetry.

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Central Collisions of 800-{GeV} Protons With Ag / Br Nuclei in Nuclear Emulsion

The BATON ROUGE-KRAKOW-MOSCOW-TASHKENT collaboration Abduzhamilov, A. ; Barbier, L.M. ; Chernova, L.P. ; et al.

Phys.Rev.D 39 (1989) 86-91, 1989.

Inspire Record 280844 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.3813

Central collisions of 800-GeV protons with the heavy components of nuclear emulsion, Ag107 and Br80, have been investigated to determine the characteristics of small-impact-parameter collisions and, by comparison with the analysis of inclusive proton-emulsion inelastic interactions and inelastic proton-nucleon collisions, to study the dependence of the interaction process on the mean number of intranuclear collisions 〈ν〉. The data are also compared with the results obtained in proton-emulsion collisions, both central and inclusive, at 200 GeV. The variations in the secondary-particle multiplicities and the normalized pseudorapidity density correlate with 〈ν〉 and demonstrate that proton-nucleus interactions, both central and inclusive, can be described adequately by the incoherent superposition of proton-nucleon collisions.

5 data tables

Table 1

NUCLEUS IS AVERAGE NUCLEUS OF EMULSION.

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NUCLEUS IS AVERAGE NUCLEUS OF EMULSION.

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NUCLEUS IS AVERAGE NUCLEUS OF EMULSION.