Effective field theory approach to top-quark decay at next-to-leading order in QCD

Zhang, Cen
(2014) Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology — Vol. 90, n° 1 (2014)

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We present analytical results for top-quark decay processes, in an effective field theory beyond the standard model, at next-to-leading order in QCD. We parametrize new physics effects using dimension-six operators, and consider all operators that give rise to nonstandard interactions of the top quark. We investigate both the flavor-conserving and flavor-changing decay modes, including their two-body and three-body semileptonic final states. The QCD mixing among relevant operators is also taken into account. These results provide all information needed for a complete model-independent study of top-quark decay at next-to-leading order accuracy, paving the way to global analyses for new physics effects in an effective field theory approach. © 2014 American Physical Society.
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Zhang, C. (2014). Effective field theory approach to top-quark decay at next-to-leading order in QCD. Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 90(1). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.014008 (Original work published 2014)