Search for anomalous Wtb couplings in single top quark production
2008
In 0.9 fb(-1) of pp collisions, the D0 Collaboration presented evidence for single
top quarkproduction in events with an isolated lepton, missing transverse momentum, and two to four jets. We examine these data to study the Lorentz structure of the Wtb
coupling. The standard model predicts a left-handed vector
couplingat the Wtb vertex. The most general lowest dimension, CP-conserving Lagrangian admits right-handed vector and
left- or
right-handed tensor
couplingsas well. We find that the data prefer the left-handed vector
couplingand set upper limits on the anomalous
couplings. These are the first direct constraints on a general Wtb interaction and the first
direct limitson
left- and
right-handed tensor
couplings.
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