Search for top quark decays via Higgs-boson-mediated flavor-changing neutral currents in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV

V. Khachatryan; 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. Treberer-Treberspurg; W. Waltenberger; C. E. Wulz; V. Mossolov; N. Shumeiko; J. Suarez Gonzalez; S. Alderweireldt; E. A. De Wolf; X. Janssen; A. Knutsson; 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; B. Calpas; The CMS Collaboration

doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2017)079

Search for top quark decays via Higgs-boson-mediated flavor-changing neutral currents in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV

V. Khachatryan, 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. KrätschmerD. Liko, T. Matsushita, I. Mikulec, D. Rabady, N. Rad, B. Rahbaran, H. Rohringer, J. Schieck, J. Strauss, W. Treberer-Treberspurg, W. Waltenberger, C. E. Wulz, V. Mossolov, N. Shumeiko, J. Suarez Gonzalez, S. Alderweireldt, E. A. De Wolf, X. Janssen, A. Knutsson, 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, B. Calpas, The CMS Collaboration

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A search is performed for Higgs-boson-mediated flavor-changing neutral currents in the decays of top quarks. The search is based on proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb⁻¹ at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. Events in which a top quark pair is produced with one top quark decaying into a charm or up quark and a Higgs boson (H), and the other top quark decaying into a bottom quark and a W boson are selected. The Higgs boson in these events is assumed to subsequently decay into either dibosons or difermions. No significant excess is observed above the expected standard model background, and an upper limit at the 95% confidence level is set on the branching fraction ℬ(t → Hc) of 0.40% and ℬ(t → Hu) of 0.55%, where the expected upper limits are 0.43% and 0.40%, respectively. These results correspond to upper limits on the square of the flavor-changing Higgs boson Yukawa couplings |λ_tc ^H|² < 6.9 × 10^{− 3} and |λ_tu ^H|² < 9.8 × 10^{− 3}.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original language	English
Article number	79
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2017
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2017)079
Publication status	Published - Feb 1 2017

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

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Khachatryan, V., 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., ... The CMS Collaboration (2017). Search for top quark decays via Higgs-boson-mediated flavor-changing neutral currents in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(2), Article 79. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2017)079

Khachatryan, V, 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, Treberer-Treberspurg, W, Waltenberger, W, Wulz, CE, Mossolov, V, Shumeiko, N, Suarez Gonzalez, J, Alderweireldt, S, De Wolf, EA, Janssen, X, Knutsson, A, 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, Calpas, B & The CMS Collaboration 2017, 'Search for top quark decays via Higgs-boson-mediated flavor-changing neutral currents in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV', Journal of High Energy Physics, vol. 2017, no. 2, 79. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2017)079

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Search for top quark decays via Higgs-boson-mediated flavor-changing neutral currents in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV

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