Limits on the anomalous $Wtq$ couplings

Abstract

Within the model-independent framework of $SU(3)\times SU(2)\times U(1)$ gauge-invariant dimension-six operators, we study flavor-changing $Wtq$ couplings ($q=d,s$) and related four-quark contact interactions involving the top. We obtain bounds on those couplings from Tevatron and LHC data for single-top production and branching fractions in top decays, as well as other experimental results on flavor-changing neutral-current processes including $B\to X_q\gamma$ and $Z\to b\bar{q}$ decays ($q=d,s$). We also update the bounds on flavor-diagonal $Wtb$ couplings using the most recent measurement of $W$-helicity fractions in top decays from top-pair production.

33 pages, 14 figures, final version to appear in PRD

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