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 Title: Testing the Standard Model With Top Quark Production Author(s): Sullivan, Zack Edward Doctoral Committee Chair(s): Willenbrock, Scott S. Department / Program: Physics Discipline: Physics Degree Granting Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Degree: Ph.D. Genre: Dissertation Subject(s): Physics, Elementary Particles and High Energy Abstract: Using the next-to-leading-order results for the W-gluon fusion cross section, we analyze the possibilities for studying single-top-quark production at the Tevatron and LHC. We find that there may be evidence for single-top-quark production in Run I data. Run II at the Tevatron should allow the W-gluon fusion cross section to be measured to $\pm$22% with 2 fb$\sp{-1}$ of data. The LHC will have a statistical resolution of $\pm$2% with the first 1 fb$\sp{-1}$ of data. The implications of these results for measuring V$\sb{tb}$ and top-quark spin polarization are discussed. Issue Date: 1998 Type: Text Language: English Description: 123 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/80657 Other Identifier(s): (MiAaPQ)AAI9904602 Date Available in IDEALS: 2015-09-25 Date Deposited: 1998
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