Radiative corrections to top quark decays

Abstract

We provide a pedagogical introduction to the subject of Standard Model decays of unpolarized top quarks into unpolarized and polarized $W$-bosons including their QCD and electroweak radiative corrections.

Comments: Lectures given by J.G.K. at the II. Helmholtz International Summer School on Heavy Quark Physics in Dubna, Russia (August 11-21, 2008). To appear in the proceedings. 33 pages, 12 figures