{
  "id": "hep-ph/0104096",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2001-04-10T14:23:40.000Z",
  "updated": "2001-04-10T14:23:40.000Z",
  "title": "Next-to-leading order QCD corrections to top quark spin correlations at hadron colliders: the reactions $g g \\to t {\\bar t} (g)$ and $g q ({\\bar q}) \\to t {\\bar t} q ({\\bar q})$",
  "authors": [
    "W. Bernreuther",
    "A. Brandenburg",
    "Z. G. Si",
    "P. Uwer"
  ],
  "comment": "10 pages, 8 figures",
  "journal": "Phys.Lett. B509 (2001) 53-58",
  "doi": "10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00557-3",
  "categories": [
    "hep-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We have computed the cross section for $t\\bar t$ production by gluon-gluon fusion at next-to-leading order (NLO) in the QCD coupling, keeping the full dependence on the $t\\bar t$ spins. Furthermore we have determined to the same order the spin dependent cross sections for the processes $g + q ({\\bar q})\\to t {\\bar t} + q ({\\bar q})$. Together with our previous results for $q + {\\bar q} \\to t {\\bar t} (g)$ these results allow for predictions, at NLO QCD, of the hadronic production of $t\\bar t$ pairs in a general spin configuration. As an application we have determined the degree of correlation of the $t$ and $\\bar t$ spins at NLO, using various spin quantisation axes.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2001-04-10T14:23:40.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "12.38.Bx",
      "13.88.+e",
      "14.65.Ha"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "next-to-leading order qcd corrections",
      "quark spin correlations",
      "hadron colliders",
      "spin dependent cross sections",
      "spin quantisation axes"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 10,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 555288
    }
  }
}