Search for top quark decays t → qH, with H → γγ, in √s=13 TeV pp collisions using the ATLAS detector

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Abstract

This article presents a search for flavour-changing neutral currents in the decay of a top quark into an up-type (q = c, u) quark and a Higgs boson, where the Higgs boson decays into two photons. The proton-proton collision data set analysed amounts to 36.1 fb−1 at s=13 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Top quark pair events are searched for, where one top quark decays into qH and the other decays into bW. Both the hadronic and leptonic decay modes of the W boson are used. No significant excess is observed and an upper limit is set on the t → cH branching ratio of 2.2 × 10−3 at the 95% confidence level, while the expected limit in the absence of signal is 1.6 × 10−3. The corresponding limit on the tcH coupling is 0.090 at the 95% confidence level. The observed upper limit on the t → uH branching ratio is 2.4 × 10−3.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Original languageEnglish
Article number129
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2017
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Flavour Changing Neutral Currents
  • Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
  • Higgs physics
  • Top physics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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