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Top-quark pair production in electron-positron collisions within the minimal noncommutative Standard Model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-05-20 v2

Abstract

We study top-quark pair production in electron-positron collisions within the framework of the minimal noncommutative Standard Model. Noncommutative effects are incorporated using the Seiberg-Witten map, and the scattering squared amplitude for the process e+ettˉe^+e^-\to t\bar{t} is computed consistently up to second order in the noncommutativity parameter Θμν\Theta^{\mu\nu}. We derive the total cross-section, the polar and azimuthal angular distributions, and the forward-backward asymmetry, all of which exhibit sensitivity to space-time noncommutativity. Numerical results are evaluated for center-of-mass energies relevant to future linear colliders, such as the ILC and CLIC. Our analysis demonstrates that noncommutative geometry can induce significant characteristic deviations from the Standard Model predictions, offering a potential indirect probe of space-time noncommutativity at high-energy e+ee^+e^- collisions.

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@article{arxiv.2601.01527,
  title  = {Top-quark pair production in electron-positron collisions within the minimal noncommutative Standard Model},
  author = {Fatma Zohra Bara and Slimane Zaiem and Yazid Delenda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.01527},
  year   = {2026}
}

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20 pages, 8 figures