A measurement of the W boson helicity is presented, where the W boson originates from the decay of a top quark produced in pp collisions. The event selection, optimized for reconstructing a single top quark in the final state, requires exactly one isolated lepton (muon or electron) and exactly two jets, one of which is likely to originate from the hadronization of a bottom quark. The analysis is performed using data recorded at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC in 2012. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb<sup>−1</sup>. The measured helicity fractions are F<inf>L</inf> = 0.298 ± 0.028 (stat) ± 0.032(syst), F<inf>0</inf> = 0.720 ± 0.039 (stat) ± 0.037(syst), and F<inf>R</inf> = −0.018 ± 0.019 (stat) ± 0.011(syst). These results are used to set limits on the real part of the tWb anomalous couplings, g<inf>L</inf> and g<inf>R</inf>.

The CMS collaboration, N., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., et al. (2015). Measurement of the W boson helicity in events with a single reconstructed top quark in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2015(1), 1-33 [10.1007/JHEP01(2015)053].

Measurement of the W boson helicity in events with a single reconstructed top quark in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV

BONACORSI, DANIELE;BRAIBANT, SYLVIE;BRIGLIADORI, LUCA;CAMPANINI, RENATO;CAPILUPPI, PAOLO;CASTRO, ANDREA;CODISPOTI, GIUSEPPE;CUFFIANI, MARCO;FANFANI, ALESSANDRA;FASANELLA, DANIELE;GUIDUCCI, LUIGI;MASETTI, GIANNI;NAVARRIA, FRANCESCO LUIGI;ROSSI, ANTONIO MARIA;ROVELLI, TIZIANO;SIROLI, GIAN PIERO;BATTILANA, CARLO;
2015

Abstract

A measurement of the W boson helicity is presented, where the W boson originates from the decay of a top quark produced in pp collisions. The event selection, optimized for reconstructing a single top quark in the final state, requires exactly one isolated lepton (muon or electron) and exactly two jets, one of which is likely to originate from the hadronization of a bottom quark. The analysis is performed using data recorded at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC in 2012. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb−1. The measured helicity fractions are FL = 0.298 ± 0.028 (stat) ± 0.032(syst), F0 = 0.720 ± 0.039 (stat) ± 0.037(syst), and FR = −0.018 ± 0.019 (stat) ± 0.011(syst). These results are used to set limits on the real part of the tWb anomalous couplings, gL and gR.
2015
The CMS collaboration, N., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., et al. (2015). Measurement of the W boson helicity in events with a single reconstructed top quark in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2015(1), 1-33 [10.1007/JHEP01(2015)053].
The CMS collaboration, Null; Khachatryan, V.; Sirunyan, A.M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Bergauer, T.; Dragicevic, M.; Erö, J.; Friedl, M.; Frühwirth, R....espandi
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