Probing the top-quark width through ratios of resonance contributions of $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to W^{+}{W}^{-}b\bar{b}$

Abstract

We exploit offshell regions in the process $e^{+}{e}^{-}\to W^{+}{W}^{-}b\bar{b}$ to gain access to the top-quark width. Working at next-to-leading order in QCD we show that carefully selected ratios of offshell regions to onshell regions in the reconstructed top and antitop invariant mass spectra are, \emph{independently} of the coupling $g_{tbW}$, sensitive to the top-quark width. We explore this approach for different centre of mass energies and initial-state beam polarisations at $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ colliders and briefly comment on the applicability of this method for a measurement of the top-quark width at the LHC.

31 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables

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