A Global analysis of the top quark couplings to gauge bosons
May, 199452 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.D 50 (1994) 4462-4477
e-Print:
- hep-ph/9405322 [hep-ph]
Report number:
- MSUHEP-94-06
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Abstract:
We propose to probe the electroweak symmetry breaking sector by measuring the effective couplings of the top quark to gauge bosons. Using precision LEP data, we constrain the non--universal couplings of t-t-Z and t-b-W, parameterized by , , and , in the electroweak chiral lagrangian framework. Different scenarios of electroweak symmetry breaking will imply different correlations among these parameters. We found that at the order of , in which is the cut--off scale of the effective theory, is already constrained by LEP data. In models with an approximate custodial symmetry, a positive is preferred. can be constrained by studying the direct detection of the top quark at the Tevatron and the LHC. At the NLC, and can be better measured.- electroweak interaction: symmetry breaking
- symmetry breaking: electroweak interaction
- top
- bottom
- coupling: (gauge boson 2quark)
- (gauge boson 2quark): coupling
- mass: top
- top: mass
- effective Lagrangian: chiral
- Higgs particle: mass
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