Measurement of spin correlation between top and antitop quarks produced in pp- collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV

V. M. Abazov; B. Abbott; B. S. Acharya; M. Adams; T. Adams; J. P. Agnew; G. D. Alexeev; G. Alkhazov; A. Alton; A. Askew; S. Atkins; K. Augsten; V. Aushev; Y. Aushev; C. Avila; F. Badaud; L. Bagby; B. Baldin; D. V. Bandurin; S. Banerjee; E. Barberis; P. Baringer; J. F. Bartlett; U. Bassler; V. Bazterra; A. Bean; M. Begalli; L. Bellantoni; S. B. Beri; G. Bernardi; R. Bernhard; I. Bertram; M. Besançon; R. Beuselinck; P. C. Bhat; S. Bhatia; V. Bhatnagar; G. Blazey; S. Blessing; K. Bloom; A. Boehnlein; D. Boline; E. E. Boos; G. Borissov; M. Borysova; A. Brandt; O. Brandt; R. Brock; A. Bross; S. Desai; D0 Collaboration

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Measurement of spin correlation between top and antitop quarks produced in pp- collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV

V. M. Abazov, B. Abbott, B. S. Acharya, M. Adams, T. Adams, J. P. Agnew, G. D. Alexeev, G. Alkhazov, A. Alton, A. Askew, S. Atkins, K. Augsten, V. Aushev, Y. Aushev, C. Avila, F. Badaud, L. Bagby, B. Baldin, D. V. Bandurin, S. BanerjeeE. Barberis, P. Baringer, J. F. Bartlett, U. Bassler, V. Bazterra, A. Bean, M. Begalli, L. Bellantoni, S. B. Beri, G. Bernardi, R. Bernhard, I. Bertram, M. Besançon, R. Beuselinck, P. C. Bhat, S. Bhatia, V. Bhatnagar, G. Blazey, S. Blessing, K. Bloom, A. Boehnlein, D. Boline, E. E. Boos, G. Borissov, M. Borysova, A. Brandt, O. Brandt, R. Brock, A. Bross, S. Desai, D0 Collaboration

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We present a measurement of the correlation between the spins of t and t- quarks produced in proton-antiproton collisions at the Tevatron Collider at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. We apply a matrix element technique to dilepton and single-lepton+jets final states in data accumulated with the D0 detector that correspond to an integrated luminosity of 9.7 fb^-1. The measured value of the correlation coefficient in the off-diagonal basis, O_off=0.89±0.22(stat+syst), is in agreement with the standard model prediction, and represents evidence for a top-antitop quark spin correlation difference from zero at a level of 4.2 standard deviations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	199-206
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	757
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.03.053
State	Published - Jun 10 2016

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Funding Information:
We thank the staffs at Fermilab and collaborating institutions, and acknowledge support from the Department of Energy and National Science Foundation (United States of America); Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission and National Center for Scientific Research/ National Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (France); Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” of the Russian Federation, and Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Russia); National Council for the Development of Science and Technology and Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for the Support of Research in the State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Science and Technology (India); Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation(Colombia); National Council of Science and Technology (Mexico); National Research Foundation of Korea (Korea); Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (The Netherlands); Science and Technology Facilities Council and The Royal Society (United Kingdom); Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Czech Republic); Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) (Germany); Science Foundation Ireland (Ireland); Swedish Research Council (Sweden); China Academy of Sciences and National Natural Science Foundation of China (China); and Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (Ukraine).

Funding Information:
We thank the staffs at Fermilab and collaborating institutions, and acknowledge support from the Department of Energy and National Science Foundation (United States of America); Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission and National Center for Scientific Research / National Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (France); Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation , National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” of the Russian Federation , and Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Russia); National Council for the Development of Science and Technology and Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for the Support of Research in the State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Science and Technology (India); Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (Colombia); National Council of Science and Technology (Mexico); National Research Foundation of Korea (Korea); Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (The Netherlands); Science and Technology Facilities Council and The Royal Society (United Kingdom); Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Czech Republic); Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) (Germany); Science Foundation Ireland (Ireland); Swedish Research Council (Sweden); China Academy of Sciences and National Natural Science Foundation of China (China); and Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (Ukraine).

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Abazov, V. M., Abbott, B., Acharya, B. S., Adams, M., Adams, T., Agnew, J. P., Alexeev, G. D., Alkhazov, G., Alton, A., Askew, A., Atkins, S., Augsten, K., Aushev, V., Aushev, Y., Avila, C., Badaud, F., Bagby, L., Baldin, B., Bandurin, D. V., ... D0 Collaboration (2016). Measurement of spin correlation between top and antitop quarks produced in pp- collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 757, 199-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.03.053

Abazov, VM, Abbott, B, Acharya, BS, Adams, M, Adams, T, Agnew, JP, Alexeev, GD, Alkhazov, G, Alton, A, Askew, A, Atkins, S, Augsten, K, Aushev, V, Aushev, Y, Avila, C, Badaud, F, Bagby, L, Baldin, B, Bandurin, DV, Banerjee, S, Barberis, E, Baringer, P, Bartlett, JF, Bassler, U, Bazterra, V, Bean, A, Begalli, M, Bellantoni, L, Beri, SB, Bernardi, G, Bernhard, R, Bertram, I, Besançon, M, Beuselinck, R, Bhat, PC, Bhatia, S, Bhatnagar, V, Blazey, G, Blessing, S, Bloom, K, Boehnlein, A, Boline, D, Boos, EE, Borissov, G, Borysova, M, Brandt, A, Brandt, O, Brock, R, Bross, A, Desai, S & D0 Collaboration 2016, 'Measurement of spin correlation between top and antitop quarks produced in pp- collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 757, pp. 199-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.03.053

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