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Characterization of the top quark

Top properties at Tevatron Isabelle Ripp-Baudot IPHC Strasbourg Top Workshop Grenoble october 2006. Characterization of the top quark. electric charge lifetime. ℓ. n. spin. spin. W -. mass. -. -. t. P. Shieferdecker. b. S. Cr épé-Renaudin S. Sharry. -. p. p.

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Characterization of the top quark

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  1. Top properties at TevatronIsabelle Ripp-BaudotIPHC StrasbourgTop Workshop Grenoble october 2006 I. Ripp-Baudot

  2. Characterization of the top quark electric charge lifetime ℓ n spin spin W- mass - - t P. Shieferdecker b S. Crépé-Renaudin S. Sharry - p p structure of the tWb coupling: W helicity |Vtb|: single top decay channels:  Br(t  Wb) / Br(t  Wq) t  t n q productionratestt production of something exotic ?new resonance b t spin correlation CP violation CP violation W+  rare channels : t  Zc, gc  susy t  H+ b  rare channels : t  Zc, gc  susy t  H+ b Is this particle the S.M. top quark ? I. Ripp-Baudot

  3. is a pair production top strong production Tevatron @ 1.96 TeV : 85 % qq / 15 % gg - stt = 6.7 ± 0.8 pb 1 tt event / 24 min @ 1032 cm-2.s-1 7 kevt / year - tt final state selection (ℓ+jets) based on sequential cuts : - one high pT lepton - large ET - 4 high pT central jets - ≥ 1 b-tagged jets / + likelihood (kinematic and topological characteristics) to discriminate against W+n jets background. + constrained fit I. Ripp-Baudot

  4. Anomalous kinematics So-called « top » observed sample could contain an admixture of exotic processes. dilepton sample 193 pb-1 (13 events) Method seeks to isolate the subset of events with the largest concentration of possible non-SM physics  Kolmogorov-Smirnov test with 4 variables : ET, lepton pT, angle(ET, lepton), proba to be tt. Conclusion : no particular subset shows a significant discrepancy with S.M. proba to observe a data sample less consistent with S.M. is 1.0-4.5 %. / / PRL 95, 022001, 2005 I. Ripp-Baudot

  5. Br(tWb) |Vtb|2 Br(tWb) / Br(tWq) R = = = 1 if unitarity of CKM in S.M. Deviation of R from 1 : 4th generation of quarks ? non-S.M. top decay ? exotic background ? Br(tWq) |Vtb|2 + |Vts|2 + |Vtd|2 ℓ+jets sample 230 pb-1 R = 1.03 (stat.) (syst.) |Vtb|>0.64 @ 95 % C.L. PLB 639, p. 616, 2006 DØ +0.17 +0.09 -0.15 -0.07 ℓ+jets and dilepton sample 162 pb-1 R = 1.12 (stat.) (syst.) |Vtb|>0.61 @ 95 % C.L. PRL 95, 102002, 2005 +0.21 +0.17 -0.19 -0.13 ℓ + ≥4 jets Likelihood fit on number of selected events in b-tagged jets multiplicity bins (0, 1, ≥2 b-tag). ebtag= f(R) systematics. But only relative rates  independent of stt. 3 bins  R is overdetermined I. Ripp-Baudot

  6. Tevatron prospect for RunII Br(tWb)/Br(tWq)reach at Tevatron • CDF quick estimation of reach • assuming 3 generations (R=1) • Examples of non B.S.M. physics : - |Vts| = 0.1 and 3 generations  R = 0.99 - |Vtb| = 0.5 and 4 generations  R = 0.96 will need combination of CDF and DØ analysis to be interesting… Charles Plager @ PANIC 2005, October 2005 I. Ripp-Baudot

  7. sz t p W+- mt2 F0 ≈ ≈ 0.70 mt2 + 2 MW2  Weak interaction : only V-A structure. Introduced by hand to describe experimental observations. Can be tested at high energy with top quarks by measuring the W polarization. tWb structure can also be tested through the electroweak single top production, but with lower precision and of course not at Tevatron. Whelicity in t  W b  Relativistic limit : chirality  helicity(observable !)when m/p  0 t  W b decay : mb << Eb and bL b- bL W+0 W++ t t bL bR In the S.M. : W++ (right) suppressed by a factor mb2/mt2 in the t  W+ b decay : 2 MW2 F- ≈ ≈ 0.30 F+ ≈ 0 mt2 + 2 MW2 I. Ripp-Baudot

  8. W helicity (contd) In practice : ● measurement ofF+  quantification of a V+A contribution. Would decrease F- in benefit of F+ and let F0 unchanged. F0 constrained to 0.7. By comparing data to M.C. = a (V-A) + b (V+A), neglecting interferences between the two contributions. Already indirectly limited to a few % by b  s g measurements(CLEO, BaBar, Belle). But based on theoretical assumptions (penguins, QCD). ● measurement ofF0without hypothesis on physics beyond S.M. F+ constrained to 0. Deviation from its S.M. predicted value would question the EWSB by the Higgs mechanism, responsible for the longitudinal degree of freedom of massive W bosons. I. Ripp-Baudot

  9. W helicity (contd) Angular distribution (unpolarized top) of the down-type decay products of the W+ : w(cos q) = (1 + cos q)2 F+ + (1 – cos q)2 F- + sin2q F0 3 3 3 8 4 8 ℓ+ R*top b q W+ R*W t n  Helicity fractions F+ and/or F0 and/or F- will be measured from the angular distribution w (cos q). I. Ripp-Baudot

  10. To measure w(q)  need to boost to top and W rest frames ( ET resolution, missing n…). Several ideas of estimators : 1) Mℓb2 approximation : / W helicity estimators 2 Mℓb2 cos q ≈ -1 with mb~ 0 mt2 – MW2 Depends on Dmtop and b JES. 2) Charged lepton pT spectrum : Relies on M.C. templates. b p ℓ+ top W++ n ℓ+ W0+ W ℓ+ n W-+ n I. Ripp-Baudot

  11. W helicity estimators (contd) 3) Constrained kinematic fit : W and top masses are constrained. Resolutions on E and p from lepton, jets and ET have to be known. (~ 60 tt / 25 bkg) / 4) Matrix element method : • - used in mtop measurement. • sensitivity improved by using both W in each event. • the whole information and all combinationsof the charged lepton and the 4 jets in 2 W bosons and 2 top quarks are used. • efficient discrimination between the tt signal and the background. • problem of precision : gluon radiations, order of the computation (L.O. ?), inclusion of the 15 % gg  tt ? I. Ripp-Baudot

  12. W helicity studies at Tevatron -0.34 PRD 73: 111103, 2006 PRD 72: 011104, 2005 submitted to PRL summer 2006 conference submitted to PRL I. Ripp-Baudot

  13. Outlook for W helicity W helicity measurement will benefit from increasing stat And decreasing error onMtop and JES. Precision with 400 pb-1 : F+~ unconstrained(< 0.25 with F0 = 0.7 fixed) DF0/F0 ≈ 30 % 1 fb-1 :sensitivity F+ < 0.1 DF0/F0 ≈ 20 % Expected precision with 2 fb-1 : F+ < 0.05 DF0/F0 ≈ 5 – 6 % And with 10 fb-1 (1 year at LHC) : DF+/F+~ 1 % DF0/F0 ~ 2 % I. Ripp-Baudot

  14. is a single top production top electroweak production t-channel : 1.98 ± 0.21 pb s-channel : 0.88 ± 0.07 pb Associated production : 0.09 pb Not discovered yet : smaller cross-section and higher background  only limits on this production mode. Once it is observed :  direct measurement of |Vtb| without the assumptionon unitarity of 3-generations CKM matrix : sa |Vtb|2  sensitive to B.S.M. physics (Z’, H+, …)  top spin physics (100 % polarized top quark). But not at Tevatron ! I. Ripp-Baudot

  15. single top search at Tevatron Observed(expected) limits st (pb) ss (pb) 0.88 ± 0.07 1.98 ± 0.21 S.M. (NLO) prediction PRD 71, 012005, 2005 PLB 622, p. 265, 2005 Summer 2005 conferences Summer 2006 conferences I. Ripp-Baudot

  16. single top prospects at Tevatron expected Tevatron Run II luminosity Observation coming soon ? We are here I. Ripp-Baudot

  17. Conclusion •  Top quark high mass  hope to open the window on the physics hiding B.S.M. •  Tevatron is currently the world’s only source of top quarks and will be until the successful beginning of LHC. •  Excellent performance of Tevatron Run II : • large top samples  transition from the discovery phase to a new phase of precision measurements of the top quark properties. I. Ripp-Baudot

  18. backups I. Ripp-Baudot

  19. Top discovered by CDF and DØ  twofold ambiguity in the pairing W/b B.S.M. theories  heavy quark with q = - e mixed with the actual top (mass 270 GeV) Compatible with experimental data (Rb, AFBb). ℓ + jets sample 370 pb-1 (17 double tagged events) Two b-tagged jets jet-parton assignement through kinematic fit. Top charge estimation with a jet charge algorithm. Likelihood to compare to exotic models. top electric charge 4 3 S q pT0.6 qtop = qℓ + S pT0.6 Sample of quark pairs with charge 4e/3 excluded @ 94 % C.L. submitted to PRL results coming soon with 955 pb-1 I. Ripp-Baudot

  20. top lifetime Top is the heaviest known fundamental particle. Decays as a free quark t~ 10-25 s. ℓ+jets sample 320 pb-1 ≥ 3 jets + btagging lifetime estimated with the lepton I.P. first (and only one) direct measurement : ct < 52.5 mm @ 95 % C.L. (~ 1.8.10-13 s…) (preliminary results Winter conf. 2006) I. Ripp-Baudot

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