Spin-spin correlations of top quark pairs at hadron colliders

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Brandenburg, A
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[1] Inst. für Theoretische Physik, Physikzentrum, Rheinisch-Westfalische TH Aachen
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10.1016/S0370-2693(96)01347-0
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P1 [天文学];
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Top quark pairs are produced with strongly correlated spins in the partonic reactions <q(q)over bar>--><t(t)over bar> and gg--<<t(t)over bar>. A complete description of these effects in terms of the spin density matrix of the <t(t)over bar> system in leading order QCD is given. We further discuss the prospects to observe the spin-spin correlations at <p(p)over bar> and pp colliders by measuring suitable angular correlations among the t and (t) over bar decay products.
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