Search for associated production of a Z boson with a single top quark and for tZ flavour-changing interactions in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV

A. M. Sirunyan; A. Tumasyan; W. Adam; E. Asilar; T. Bergauer; J. Brandstetter; E. Brondolin; M. Dragicevic; J. Erö; M. Flechl; M. Friedl; R. Frühwirth; V. M. Ghete; C. Hartl; N. Hörmann; J. Hrubec; M. Jeitler; A. König; I. Krätschmer; D. Liko; T. Matsushita; I. Mikulec; D. Rabady; N. Rad; B. Rahbaran; H. Rohringer; J. Schieck; J. Strauss; W. Waltenberger; C. E. Wulz; O. Dvornikov; V. Makarenko; V. Mossolov; J. Suarez Gonzalez; V. Zykunov; N. Shumeiko; S. Alderweireldt; E. A. De Wolf; X. Janssen; J. Lauwers; M. Van De Klundert; H. Van Haevermaet; P. Van Mechelen; N. Van Remortel; A. Van Spilbeeck; S. Abu Zeid; F. Blekman; J. D’Hondt; N. Daci; M. Kadastik; The CMS Collaboration

doi:10.1007/JHEP07(2017)003

Search for associated production of a Z boson with a single top quark and for tZ flavour-changing interactions in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV

A. M. Sirunyan, A. Tumasyan, W. Adam, E. Asilar, T. Bergauer, J. Brandstetter, E. Brondolin, M. Dragicevic, J. Erö, M. Flechl, M. Friedl, R. Frühwirth, V. M. Ghete, C. Hartl, N. Hörmann, J. Hrubec, M. Jeitler, A. König, I. Krätschmer, D. LikoT. Matsushita, I. Mikulec, D. Rabady, N. Rad, B. Rahbaran, H. Rohringer, J. Schieck, J. Strauss, W. Waltenberger, C. E. Wulz, O. Dvornikov, V. Makarenko, V. Mossolov, J. Suarez Gonzalez, V. Zykunov, N. Shumeiko, S. Alderweireldt, E. A. De Wolf, X. Janssen, J. Lauwers, M. Van De Klundert, H. Van Haevermaet, P. Van Mechelen, N. Van Remortel, A. Van Spilbeeck, S. Abu Zeid, F. Blekman, J. D’Hondt, N. Daci, M. Kadastik, The CMS Collaboration

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A search for the production of a single top quark in association with a Z boson is presented, both to identify the expected standard model process and to search for flavour-changing neutral current interactions. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb⁻¹ recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at s=8 TeV. Final states with three leptons (electrons or muons) and at least one jet are investigated. An events yield compatible with tZq standard model production is observed, and the corresponding cross section is measured to be σ(pp → tZq → ℓνbℓ⁺ℓ⁻q) = 10_{− 7} ^{+ 8} fb with a significance of 2.4 standard deviations. No presence of flavour-changing neutral current production of tZq is observed. Exclusion limits at 95% confidence level on the branching fractions of a top quark decaying to a Z boson and an up or a charm quark are found to be ℬ(t → Zu) < 0.022% and ℬ(t → Zc) < 0.049%.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].

Original language	English
Article number	3
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2017
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2017)003
Publication status	Published - Jul 1 2017

Keywords

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

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Sirunyan, A. M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Asilar, E., Bergauer, T., Brandstetter, J., Brondolin, E., Dragicevic, M., Erö, J., Flechl, M., Friedl, M., Frühwirth, R., Ghete, V. M., Hartl, C., Hörmann, N., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., König, A., Krätschmer, I., ... The CMS Collaboration (2017). Search for associated production of a Z boson with a single top quark and for tZ flavour-changing interactions in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(7), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2017)003

Sirunyan, AM, Tumasyan, A, Adam, W, Asilar, E, Bergauer, T, Brandstetter, J, Brondolin, E, Dragicevic, M, Erö, J, Flechl, M, Friedl, M, Frühwirth, R, Ghete, VM, Hartl, C, Hörmann, N, Hrubec, J, Jeitler, M, König, A, Krätschmer, I, Liko, D, Matsushita, T, Mikulec, I, Rabady, D, Rad, N, Rahbaran, B, Rohringer, H, Schieck, J, Strauss, J, Waltenberger, W, Wulz, CE, Dvornikov, O, Makarenko, V, Mossolov, V, Suarez Gonzalez, J, Zykunov, V, Shumeiko, N, Alderweireldt, S, De Wolf, EA, Janssen, X, Lauwers, J, Van De Klundert, M, Van Haevermaet, H, Van Mechelen, P, Van Remortel, N, Van Spilbeeck, A, Abu Zeid, S, Blekman, F, D’Hondt, J, Daci, N, Kadastik, M & The CMS Collaboration 2017, 'Search for associated production of a Z boson with a single top quark and for tZ flavour-changing interactions in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV', Journal of High Energy Physics, vol. 2017, no. 7, 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2017)003

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Search for associated production of a Z boson with a single top quark and for tZ flavour-changing interactions in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV

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