Three lepton signatures from tZq interactions in the SM and top-FCNC at the CMS experiment at \sqrt{s} = 8 TeV

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العنوان: Three lepton signatures from tZq interactions in the SM and top-FCNC at the CMS experiment at \sqrt{s} = 8 TeV
المؤلفون: Van Parijs, Isis
سنة النشر: 2017
المجموعة: High Energy Physics - Experiment
مصطلحات موضوعية: High Energy Physics - Experiment
الوصف: The search for a top quark in association with a Z boson can be performed in both top pair production as well as single top production. Targeting the three lepton final state, the search can be used to identify the standard model (SM) process of a single top quark associated with a Z boson and to search for flavour changing neutral current (FCNC) interactions. The presented analysis uses a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $19.7$ fb$^{-1}$ recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV. The cross section for the SM tZq production is measured to be $\sigma(tZq\rightarrow l\nu bl^+ l^- q)= 10^{+8}_{-7}$ fb with a significance of $2.4 \sigma$. Exclusion limits at 95$\%$ confidence level on the branching ratio of a top quark decaying to a Z boson and an up or charm quark are determined to be $BR(t \rightarrow Zu) < 0.022\%$ and $BR(t \rightarrow Zc) < 0.049\%$ respectively.
Comment: Presented at the 9th International Workshop on Top Quark Physics, Olomouc, Czech Republic, September 19-23, 2016
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1703.00162
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1703.00162
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv