Open AccessTop Quark Spin Correlations and Leptonic Forward-Backward Asymmetries at D0
Author(s) -
T. Head
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
research explorer (the university of manchester)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1127933
Subject(s) - particle physics , physics , hadron , top quark , quark , spin (aerodynamics) , bottom quark , standard model (mathematical formulation) , nuclear physics , history , archaeology , gauge (firearms) , thermodynamics
The top quark is the heaviest fundamental particle. Its correspondingly short lifetime implies that it will decay before top flavoured hadrons can form. This provides an opportunity to study the properties of a quark without the effects of hadronisation, which is unique in the standard model.
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