Measurement of tau polarization in W->tau nu decays with the ATLAS detector in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV

Abstract

In this paper, a measurement of tau polarization in W->taunu decays is presented. It is measured from the energies of the decay products in hadronic tau decays with a single final state charged particle. The data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 24 pb^-1, were collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider in 2010. The measured value of the tau polarization is Ptau = -1.06 +/- 0.04 (stat) + 0.05 (syst) - 0.07 (syst), in agreement with the Standard Model prediction, and is consistent with a physically allowed 95% CL interval [-1,-0.91]. Measurements of tau polarization have not previously been made at hadron colliders.


Tutti gli autori

  • G. AAD , M. BIANCO , G. CHIODINI , E. GORINI , M. PRIMAVERA , S. SPAGNOLO , A. VENTURA , ET AL.

Titolo volume/Rivista

THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS


Anno di pubblicazione

2012

ISSN

1434-6044

ISBN

Non Disponibile


Numero di citazioni Wos

7

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018


Numero di citazioni Scopus

2

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018


Settori ERC

Non Disponibile

Codici ASJC

Non Disponibile