Search for the flavor-changing neutral current interactions of the top quark and the Higgs boson which decays into a pair of b quarks at root s=13 TeV
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, cilt.2018, sa.6, ss.1-36, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 2018 Sayı: 6
- Basım Tarihi: 2018
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/jhep06(2018)102
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-36
- Anahtar Kelimeler: FCNC Interaction, Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments), Higgs physics, Top physics
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
A search for flavor-changing neutral currents (FCNC) in events with the top quark and the Higgs boson is presented. The Higgs boson decay to a pair of b quarks is considered. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb(-1) recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at root s = 13TeV. Two channels are considered: single top quark FCNC production in association with the Higgs boson (pp -> tH), and top quark pair production with FCNC decay of the top quark (t -> qH). Final states with one isolated lepton and at least three reconstructed jets, among which at least two are associated with b quarks, are studied. No significant deviation is observed from the predicted background. Observed (expected) upper limits at 95% confidence level are set on the branching fractions of top quark decays, B(t -> uH) < 0.47% (0.34%) and B(t -> cH) < 0.47% (0.44%), assuming a single nonzero FCNC coupling.