Anders, J.K.; Beck, H.P.; Chatterjee, M.; Ereditato, A.; Franconi, L.; Halser, L.; Haug, S.; Ilg, A.; Müller, R.; O'Neill, A.P.; Weber, M.S. (2023). Search for a new scalar resonance in flavour-changing neutral-current top-quark decays t → qX (q=u,c), with X → b¯b, in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics, 07 Springer 10.1007/JHEP07(2023)199
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A search for flavour-changing neutral-current decays of a top quark into an up-type quark (either up or charm) and a light scalar particle X decaying into a bottom anti-bottom quark pair is presented. The search focuses on top-quark pair production where one top quark decays to qX, with X → b¯b, and the other top quark decays according to the Standard Model, with the W boson decaying leptonically. The final state is thus characterised by an isolated electron or muon and at least four jets. Events are categorised according to the multiplicity of jets and jets tagged as originating from b-quarks, and a neural network is used to discriminate between signal and background processes. The data analysed correspond to 139 fb−1 of proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The 95% confidence-level upper limits between 0.019% and 0.062% are derived for the branching fraction (t → uX) and between 0.018% and 0.078% for the branching fraction (t → cX), for masses of the scalar particle X between 20 and 160 GeV.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP) 10 Strategic Research Centers > Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Anders, John Kenneth, Beck, Hans Peter, Chatterjee, Meghranjana, Ereditato, Antonio, Franconi, Laura, Halser, Lea, Haug, Sigve, Ilg, Armin, Müller, Roman, O'Neill, Aaron Paul, Weber, Michele |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 530 Physics 000 Computer science, knowledge & systems |
ISSN: |
1029-8479 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
BORIS Import LHEP |
Date Deposited: |
31 Jan 2024 09:51 |
Last Modified: |
31 Jan 2024 10:00 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/JHEP07(2023)199 |
Additional Information: |
Kollaboration - Es sind nur die Berner Autor*innen namentlich erwaehnt; the ATLAS collaboration |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Hadron-Hadron Scattering |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/191858 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/191858 |
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