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Angular Correlations in Top Quark Pair Production and Decay at Hadron Colliders

Gregory Mahlon, Stephen Parke

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/9512264

Abstract

We show how to observe sizable angular correlations between the decay products of the top quark and those of the anti-top quark in top quark pair production and decay at hadron colliders. These correlations result from the large asymmetry in the rate for producing like-spin versus unlike-spin top quark pairs provided the appropriate spin axes are used. The effects of new physics at production or decay on these correlations are briefly discussed.

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