Future Top Physics at the Tevatron and LHC
A.P. Heinson (UC Riverside)
TL;DR
This paper discusses the production, measurement, and potential future studies of top quarks at the Tevatron and LHC, highlighting expected yields, precision measurements, and searches for new physics.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive overview of top quark physics prospects at the Tevatron and LHC, including cross sections, precision measurements, and search strategies.
Findings
Projected large data sets enable precise top quark property measurements.
Potential to discover new physics through resonance and rare decay searches.
Detailed studies of top quark polarization and gluon radiation are feasible.
Abstract
Top quarks are produced at the Tevatron proton-antiproton collider at Fermilab and at the Large Hadron (proton-proton) Collider at CERN in two ways: as quark-antiquark pairs, and singly. For each mode, the cross sections and future experimental yields are presented. I then discuss some precision measurements that can be made using the anticipated large data sets. These measurements include the top quark mass, width and branching fractions, the electroweak Wtb coupling, and the CKM matrix element Vtb. Detailed studies of the top quark polarization and gluon radiation will also be possible, in addition to sensitive searches for ttbar resonances and rare decay modes.
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Taxonomy
TopicsParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies · Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers · Superconducting Materials and Applications