Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
2004-11-23
Phys.Rev.D71:031101,2005; Erratum-ibid.D71:059901,2005
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
7 pages, 3 figures, submitted to PRD-RC
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.71.031101
The polarization of the $W$ boson in $t \to W b$ decay is unambiguously predicted by the Standard Model of weak interactions and is a powerful test of our understanding of the $tbW$ vertex. The subsequent $W \to l \nu$ decay serves as a polarimeter for the $W$, and the invariant mass of the lepton and $b$ quark in top decay provides a measurement of the $W$ decay angle. In this paper we present a measurement of the decay rate of the W produced from the decay of the top quark in the hypothesis of V+A structure of the tWb vertex. We find no evidence for the non-standard V+A vertex and set a limit on $f_{V+A}$ $<$ 0.80 @ 95% confidence level. By combining this result with a complementary observable in the same data, we assign a limit of $f_{V+A}$ $<$ 0.61 @ 95% CL.
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