Top Quark Physics at a Polarized Muon Collider

Abstract

Top quark pair production is presented at a polarized Muon Collider above the threshold region. The off-diagonal spin basis is the natural basis for this discussion as the top quark pairs are produced in an essentially unique spin configuration for 100% polarization. Modest polarization, say 30%, can lead to 90% of all top quark pair events being in one spin configuration. This will lead to sensitive tests on anomalous top quark couplings.

Comments: 7 pages, 6 figures, Latex, aipproc.sty, presentations at the workshop on ``Physics at the First Muon Collider,'' November 6-7, 1997 at Fermilab, Batavia, IL and at the ``Fourth International Conference on the Physics Potential and Development of Muon Collider,'' Dec 10-12, 1997, San Francisco, CA