EVENT SHAPE CRITERIA FOR SINGLE-LEPTON TOP-QUARK SIGNALS

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作者
BARGER, V
OHNEMUS, J
PHILLIPS, RJN
机构
[1] UNIV DURHAM, DEPT PHYS, DURHAM DH1 3LE, ENGLAND
[2] RUTHERFORD APPLETON LAB, DIDCOT OX11 0QX, OXON, ENGLAND
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10.1103/PhysRevD.48.R3953
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
Single-lepton plus jets signals from ttBAR production at hadron colliders generally give more spherically symmetrical events than the principal backgrounds from W production. We show that sphericity and aplanarity criteria, applied to lepton plus neutrino plus four-jet final states at the Fermilab Tevatron ppBAR collider, help to discriminate; they can be used either to validate an eventual top-quark signal or simply to reduce background. An alternative circularity criterion in the transverse plane is less successful.
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页码:R3953 / R3956
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