Testing the Standard Model With Top Quark Production
Sullivan, Zack Edward
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Description
Title
Testing the Standard Model With Top Quark Production
Author(s)
Sullivan, Zack Edward
Issue Date
1998
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Willenbrock, Scott S.
Department of Study
Physics
Discipline
Physics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Physics, Elementary Particles and High Energy
Language
eng
Abstract
Using the next-to-leading-order results for the W-gluon fusion cross section, we analyze the possibilities for studying single-top-quark production at the Tevatron and LHC. We find that there may be evidence for single-top-quark production in Run I data. Run II at the Tevatron should allow the W-gluon fusion cross section to be measured to $\pm$22% with 2 fb$\sp{-1}$ of data. The LHC will have a statistical resolution of $\pm$2% with the first 1 fb$\sp{-1}$ of data. The implications of these results for measuring V$\sb{tb}$ and top-quark spin polarization are discussed.
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