A Global analysis of the top quark couplings to gauge bosons

May, 1994
52 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 50 (1994) 4462-4477
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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 κL NC\kappa_{L}~{NC}, κR NC\kappa_{R}~{NC}, κL CC\kappa_{L}~{CC} and κR CC\kappa_{R}~{CC}, 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 mt 2logΛ 2{m_t}~{2}\log {\Lambda}~2, in which Λ4πv\Lambda \sim 4 \pi v is the cut--off scale of the effective theory, κL NC\kappa_{L}~{NC} is already constrained by LEP data. In models with an approximate custodial symmetry, a positive κL CC\kappa_{L}~{CC} is preferred. κL CC\kappa_{L}~{CC} can be constrained by studying the direct detection of the top quark at the Tevatron and the LHC. At the NLC, κL NC\kappa_{L}~{NC} and κR NC\kappa_{R}~{NC} 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