THRESHOLD PRODUCTION OF HEAVY TOP QUARKS - QCD AND THE HIGGS BOSON

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作者
STRASSLER, MJ
PESKIN, ME
机构
[1] Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1991年 / 43卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.43.1500
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We calculate the threshold cross section for e+e- --> ttBAR to leading-logarithmic order in QCD, using a nonrelativistic approximation suggested by Fadin and Khoze. We study the mass range 100 less-than-or-equal-to m(t) less-than-or-equal-to 250 GeV, and show that the cross section is an excellent measure of alpha-s for the lower portion of the mass range, while for a heavier top quark it is sensitive to the mass and couplings of the Higgs boson. We argue that a precise determination of m(t) and a measurement of GAMMA-t are possible. We also show that nonperturbative effects are small, confirming that the ttBAR threshold is a detailed perturbative test of the standard model.
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页码:1500 / 1514
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