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Summary of W helicity results
Top production Afb combination
Color code : 150 pb-1 - 1.9 fb-1 2 fb-1 - 4 fb-1 4 fb-1 - 5.6 fb-1
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Measurement Integrated Luminosity Publication
Lepton+jets
Charge Asymmetry AFB Inclusive raw AFB = 0.066 ± 0.020stat

Inclusive parton-level AFB = 0.162 ± 0.047stat

Parton-level AFB(Mtt) slope = (15.6 ± 5.0) × 10-4.
Compare to 3.3 × 10-4 from NLO SM.
8.7 fb-1 3/1/2012
Conf. Note 10807
Dilepton
ttbar Spin Correlation coefficient
-0.520 < &kappa < 0.605 (68% CL)
or &kappa = 0.042 +0.563 -0.562
assuming Mt = 172.5 GeV/c2
5.1 fb-1 5.1 fb-1
12/06/2011
Conf. Note 10719
Lepton+jets,
Dilepton
Combined Charge Asymmetry AFB of top quark
AFB = 0.201 ± 0.065(stat) ± 0.018(syst)
in the ttbar rest frame; in the parton level.
up to 5.3 fb-1 5.3 fb-1
08/10/2011
Conf. Note 10584
Dilepton W helicity, cosθ*, combining b tagged and non-b tagged samples 2-parameter fit:
F0= 0.71 +0.18 -0.17 (stat) ± 0.06 (syst)
F+ = -0.07 ± +0.09 (stat) ± 0.04(syst)

1-parameter fit:
F0= 0.59 ± 0.09(stat) ± 0.06(syst)
F+= -0.07 ± 0.04 (stat) ± 0.03(syst)
F+ < 0.07 @ 95% C.L.
5.1 fb-1 09/19/2011
Conf. Note 10543
Lepton+jets
Top Charge,
based on jet charge

Exclude top charge of -4/3 with 99% C.L.
Bayes Factor value very strongly favors SM
5.6 fb-1 03/10/2011
Conf. Note 10460
1.5 fb-1 08/09/2007
Conf. Note 8967
1 fb-1
Conf. Note 8782
Dilepton Charge Asymmetry AFB
AFB = 0.21 ± 0.07(stat) ± 0.02(bkg-shape)
in ttbar rest frame

AFB = 0.42 ± 0.15(stat) ± 0.05(syst)
in the ttbar rest frame; in the parton level.
To be compared to AFB = 0.06 ± 0.01 from QCD.
5.1 fb-1 5.1 fb-1
03/01/2011
Conf. Note 10436
Dilepton W helicity cosθ* 2-parameter fit:
F0= 0.78 +0.19 -0.20 (stat) ± 0.06 (syst)
F+ = -0.12 +0.11 -0.10 (stat) ± 0.04(syst)

1-parameter fit:
F0= 0.62 ± 0.11(stat) ± 0.06(syst)
F+= -0.07 +0.06 -0.05 (stat) ± 0.03(syst)
F+ < 0.09 @ 95% C.L.
4.8 fb-1 11/18/2010
Conf. Note 10333
Lepton+jets Charge Asymmetry AFB AFB = 0.150 ± 0.050(stat) ± 0.024(syst)
in ppbar rest frame

AFB = 0.158 ± 0.072(stat) ± 0.017(syst)
in ttbar rest frame


AFB = 0.475 ± 0.114 in the parton level.
Compare to AFB = 0.088 ± 0.013 from QCD.
5.3 fb-1 5.3 fb-1
6/8/2011
PRD 83 112003

3.2 fb-1
Conf. Note 9724
1.9 fb-1
PRL 101 202001
Lepton+jets Measurement of dσ/Mttbar no evidence beyond the SM 2.7 pb-1 03//2009
PRL 102 222003
Lepton+jets Top Quark Width Γtop < 7.6 GeV at 95% C.L. 4.3 fb-1 4.3 fb-1
PRL 105 232003
arXiv: 1008.3891

1 fb-1
PRL 102 042001
Lepton+jets Top Quark Lifetime top < 52.5 μm @ 95% C.L. 320 pb-1 02/14/2006
Conf. Note 8104
Dilepton, Lepton+jets, Single and double Vertex b-tags BR(t->Wb)/BR(t->Wq) 1.12 + 0.21 - 0.19 (stat) + 0.17 -0.13 (syst)
> 0.61 @ 95% C.L.
160 pb-1 PRL 95 102002
Lepton+jets Top Production Mechanism using low Pt Tracks 0.07± 0.14(stat)± 0.07(syst)
for xs(gg->ttbar)/xs(ppbar->ttbar)
1 fb-1 PRD 78 111101
Lepton+jets Top Production Mechanism using a Neural Network Fraction of ttbar events produced by gluon fusion < 0.33 at 68% CL 1 fb-1 PRD 79 031101(R)
Lepton+jets Top Production Mechanism combination 0.07+0.15-0.07(stat+sys) 1 fb-1 PRD 79 031101(R)
Dilepton Top Production Mechanism using Azimuthal Correlation of Charged Leptons
Fgg = 0.53
+0.36
( +0.35
(stat)
+0.07
(syst) )
-0.38
-0.37
-0.08
2 fb-1 7/10/2008
Conf. Note 9432
Dilepton Spin Correlations K = 0.32 + 0.55 - 0.78
-0.46 < K < 0.87 @ 68%CL
2.8 fb-1 06/11/2009
Conf. Note 9824
Lepton+jets Helicity fraction and Spin Correlations Khel = 0.48 ± 0.48 (stat) ± 0.22 (syst)
f0hel = 0.74 ± 0.24 (stat) ± 0.11 (syst)

Kbeam = 0.72 ± 0.64 (stat) ± 0.26 (syst)
f0beam = 0.86 ± 0.32 (stat) ± 0.13 (syst)
5.3 fb-1 07/01/2010
Conf. Note 10211
4.3 fb-1
Conf. Note 10048
Lepton+jets Top Charge using Soft Lepton Tags Exclude top charge of -4/3 with 95% C.L. 2.7 fb-1 11/01/2010
Conf. Note 9939
Lepton+jets Charge Asymmetry AFB vs Mttbar (ppbar rest frame) Scan vs Mtt, NLO comparison 3.2 fb-1 07/21/2009
Conf. Note 9853
Lepton+jets Charge Asymmetry AFB (ttbar rest frame) AFB = 0.24 ± 0.13(stat) ± 0.04(syst) 1.9 fb-1 PRL 101 202001
Lepton+jets W helicity cosθ* 1-parameter fit:
F0= 0.59 ± 0.11(stat) ± 0.04 (syst)
F+ = -0.04 ± 0.04(stat) ± 0.03(syst)
F+ < 0.07 @ 95% C.L.
2-parameter fit:
F0= 0.65 ± 0.19(stat) ± 0.03(syst)
F+= -0.03 ± 0.07(stat) ± 0.03(syst)
1.9 fb-1 02/12/2007
Conf. Note 9215
Dilepton, Lepton+jets W helicity Mlb2 F+ < 0.09 @ 95% C.L. 750 pb-1 05/11/2006
PRL 98 072001
Lepton+jets W helicity matrix element F0= 0.88 ± 0.11(stat) ± 0.06(syst)
F+= -0.15 ± 0.07(stat) ± 0.06(syst)
2.7 fb-1 10/15/2009
PRL 105, 042002
Lepton+jets W helicity matrix element 0.64 ± 0.08(stat) ± 0.07(sys) 1.9 fb-1 11/15/2007
Conf. Note 9144
Lepton+jets W helicity cosθ* (full reco) 1-parameter fit:
F0= 0.66 ± 0.10(stat) ± 0.06(syst)
F+= 0.01 ± 0.05(stat) ± 0.03(syst)

2-parameter fit:
F0= 0.38 ± 0.21(stat) ± 0.07(syst)
F+= 0.15 ± 0.10(stat) ± 0.04(syst)
1.9 fb-1 11/29/2007
Conf. Note 9114
320 pb-1
PRD 75 052001
Lepton+jets Combination of
W helicity cosθ* (full reco) and cosθ* from above
1-parameter fit:
F0 = 0.62 ± 0.11
F+ = -0.04 ± 0.05
2-parameter fit:
F0 = 0.66 ± 0.16
F+ = -0.03 ± 0.07
correlation coeff = -0.82 with no assumption
1.9 fb-1
PLB 674 p160
Lepton+jets Combined W helicity cosθ* and Lepton Pt spectrum F0= 0.74 +0.22 -0.34 (stat+syst)
F+ < 0.27 @ 95% C.L.
160 pb-1 PRD 73 111103