Volume 476 - 42nd International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP2024) - Top Quark and Electroweak Physics
High Precision Results for Top-Quark Decay at N3LO in QCD
L. Chen*, X. Chen, X. Guan and Y.Q. Ma
*: corresponding author
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Pre-published on: December 17, 2024
Published on: April 29, 2025
Abstract
In this talk we present the first complete high-precision results for the top-quark $t$ decay width $\Gamma_t$, $W$-helicity fractions and semi-inclusive distributions for the $t$-decay process to the third order in the strong coupling constant $\alpha_s$. Our investigation reveals that the pure $\mathcal{O}(\alpha_s^3)$ correction decreases $\Gamma_t$ by $0.8\%$ of the previous $\mathcal{O}(\alpha_s^2)$ result, which exceeds the error estimated by the conventional scale-variation. With this critical piece of pertubative correction incorporated, our to-date most precise theoretical prediction meets the request by future high-energy colliders.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.476.0381
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