PT Journal
AU Fuster, J
   Garcia, I
   Gomis, P
   Perello, M
   Ros, E
   Vos, M
TI Study of single top production at high energy electron positron colliders
SO European Physical Journal C
JI Eur. Phys. J. C
PY 2015
BP 223
EP 7pp
VL 75
IS 5
DI 10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3453-2
LA English
AB The effect of single top production on the study of top quark pair production in future high energy electron-positron colliders is evaluated. The rate of the single top quark production process is sizeable throughout a large range of center-of-mass energies and the final state cannot easily be distinguished from the dominant pair production process. We discuss the impact on the top quark mass extraction from a scan through the pair production threshold and the determination of top quark form factors in the continuum. These results advocate for the exploration of the inclusive e(+) e(-) -> W(+)bW(-)b(-) process, that includes both top quark pair and single top quark production.
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