Observation of Spin Correlation in t(t)over-bar Events from pp Collisions at root s=7 TeV Using the ATLAS Detector
- NázevTitle
- Observation of Spin Correlation in t(t)over-bar Events from pp Collisions at root s=7 TeV Using the ATLAS DetectorObservation of Spin Correlation in t(t)over-bar Events from pp Collisions at root s=7 TeV Using the ATLAS Detector
- Druh výsledkuResult type
- Článek v časopiseJournal article
- AutořiAuthors
- G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S. Abdel Khalek, A. A. Abdelalim, K. Augsten, T. Holý, T. Horažďovský, Z. Hubáček, J. Jakůbek, Z. Kohout, V. Král, F. Krejčí, S. Pospíšil, V. Šimák, T. Slavíček, K. Smolek, J. Sodomka, M. Solar, J. Šolc, B. Sopko, V. Sopko, I. Štekl, D. Tureček, V. Vacek, M. Vlasák, P. Vokáč
- Klíčová slovaKeywords
- top quark, spin correlation, observation
- ExperimentCollaboration
- ATLAS
- DOIDOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.212001
- Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
- Physical Review Letters 108(21), 212001 (2012) · ISSN 0031-9007
- RokYear
- 2012
- JazykLanguage
- eng
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- ProjektProject
- Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational Experiment ATLAS-CERN; Matematické, počítačové a experimentální metody ve fyziceMathematical, Computer and Experimental Methods in Physics; Centrum částicové fyzikyCenter for Particle Physics; Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational Experiment ATLAS-CERN; Fundamentální experimenty ve fyzice mikrosvětaFundamental Experiments in Physics of Microworld; Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational Experiment ATLAS-CERN; Matematické, počítačové a experimentální metody ve fyziceMathematical, Computer and Experimental Methods in Physics
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- 170 (INSPIRE-HEP)
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- http://link.aps.org/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.212001
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AbstraktAbstract
A measurement of spin correlation in t (t) over bar production is reported using data collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.1 fb(-1). Candidate events are selected in the dilepton topology with large missing transverse energy and at least two jets. The difference in azimuthal angle between the two charged leptons in the laboratory frame is used to extract the correlation between the top and antitop quark spins. In the helicity basis the measured degree of correlation corresponds to A(helicity) = 0.40(-0.08)(+0.09), in agreement with the next-to-leading-order standard model prediction. The hypothesis of zero spin correlation is excluded at 5.1 standard deviations.
A measurement of spin correlation in t (t) over bar production is reported using data collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.1 fb(-1). Candidate events are selected in the dilepton topology with large missing transverse energy and at least two jets. The difference in azimuthal angle between the two charged leptons in the laboratory frame is used to extract the correlation between the top and antitop quark spins. In the helicity basis the measured degree of correlation corresponds to A(helicity) = 0.40(-0.08)(+0.09), in agreement with the next-to-leading-order standard model prediction. The hypothesis of zero spin correlation is excluded at 5.1 standard deviations.