Gluon Radiation in Top Quark Production and Decay at an e^+ e^- Collider

Abstract

We study the effects of gluon radiation on top production and decay processes at an $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ collider.The matrix elements are computed without any approximations, using spinor techniques. We use a Monte Carlo event generator which takes into account the infrared singularity due to soft gluons and differences in kinematics associated with radiation in the production versus decay process. The calculation is illustrated for several strategies of top mass reconstruction.

arXiv comment9 pages, LaTeX, 6 postscript figures, uses aipproc.sty; presented at the 20th annual MRST meeting on High-Energy Physics, Montreal, Canada, 13-15 May 1998