On the top-quark polarization and how to measure it
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The top quark is expected to decay as a free particle with definite momentum and polarization. Here we consider the possibilities to obtain information about its polarization through the energy and angular distributions of the b-quarks from the decay of the top-quarks produced in e + e − annihilation. Analytic expressions and numerical estimates for different beam polarizations are derived.
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تاریخ انتشار 1997