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| | 3 | == ---+ Experimental tests of the spin of the top quark == |
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| | 7 | Compute analytically the partonic cross sections for %$q \bar q \to t \bar t$% and %$g g \to t \bar t$% for t spin 1/2 and spin 0 at the tree level. Check your results against the LO results available in the literature: |
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| | 23 | Consider the behaviour at threshold and also the relative sizes of the cross sections for corresponding masses. |
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| | 27 | Use any MC at tree level to calculate the cross sections for tops and stops at the Tevatron and the LHC. Make plots of the distributions and in particular of %$m_tt$%. |
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| | 31 | Compare your findings with [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0002305 Top Spin and experimental tests], by Ed Berger and Tim Tait. |
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| | 33 | -- Main.FabioMaltoni - 03 Dec 2008 |
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