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Search for favour-changing neutral tqH interactions with H → γγ in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV using the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS Collaboration; (2023) Search for favour-changing neutral tqH interactions with H → γγ in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV using the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP) , 2023 , Article 195. 10.1007/JHEP12(2023)195. Green open access

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Abstract

A search for favour-changing neutral interactions involving the top quark, the Higgs boson and an up-type quark q (q = c, u) is presented. The proton-proton collision data set used, with an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 , was collected at √ s = 13 TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Both the decay process t → qH in tt¯ production and the production process pp → tH, with the Higgs boson decaying into two photons, are investigated. No signifcant excess is observed and upper limits are set on the t → cH and the t → uH branching ratios of 4.3×10−4 and 3.8×10−4 , respectively, at the 95% confdence level, while the expected limits in the absence of signal are 4.7×10−4 and 3.9×10−4 . Combining this search with ATLAS searches in the H → τ +τ − and H → b ¯b fnal states yields observed (expected) upper limits on the t → cH branching ratio of 5.8 × 10−4 (3.0 × 10−4 ) at the 95% confdence level. The corresponding observed (expected) upper limit on the t → uH branching ratio is 4.0 × 10−4 (2.4 × 10−4 ).

Type: Article
Title: Search for favour-changing neutral tqH interactions with H → γγ in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV using the ATLAS detector
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2023)195
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2023)195
Language: English
Additional information: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
Keywords: Flavour Changing Neutral Currents; Hadron-Hadron Scattering; Higgs Physics; Top Physics
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10185359
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