Search for flavour-changing neutral-current couplings between the top quark and the Higgs boson in multi-lepton final states in 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

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Search for flavour-changing neutral-current couplings between the top quark and the Higgs boson in multi-lepton final states in 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

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A search is presented for flavour-changing neutral-current interactions involving the top quark, the Higgs boson and an up-type quark (q=u,c) with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The analysis considers leptonic decays of the top quark along with Higgs boson decays into two W bosons, two Z bosons or a τ⁺τ^- pair. It focuses on final states containing either two leptons (electrons or muons) of the same charge or three leptons. The considered processes are tt¯ and Ht production. For the tt¯ production, one top quark decays via t→Hq. The proton–proton collision data set analysed amounts to (140fb^-1) at (s=13TeV). No significant excess beyond Standard Model expectations is observed and upper limits are set on the t→Hq branching ratios at 95 % confidence level, amounting to observed (expected) limits of B(t→Hu)<2.8(3.0)×10^-4 and B(t→Hc)<3.3(3.8)×10^-4. Combining this search with other searches for tHq flavour-changing neutral-current interactions previously conducted by ATLAS, considering H→bb¯ and H→γγ decays, as well as H→τ⁺τ^- decays with one or two hadronically decaying τ-leptons, yields observed (expected) upper limits on the branching ratios of B(t→Hu)<2.6(1.8)×10^-4 and B(t→Hc)<3.4(2.3)×10^-4.

Original language	English
Article number	757
Pages (from-to)	1-42
Number of pages	42
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	84
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-12994-1
Publication status	Published - Jul 2024
Externally published	Yes

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AU - Baker, O. K.

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AU - Balli, F.

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AU - Bernardi, G.

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AU - Bernon, F.

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N1 - Copyright the Author(s) 2024. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.

PY - 2024/7

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N2 - A search is presented for flavour-changing neutral-current interactions involving the top quark, the Higgs boson and an up-type quark (q=u,c) with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The analysis considers leptonic decays of the top quark along with Higgs boson decays into two W bosons, two Z bosons or a τ+τ- pair. It focuses on final states containing either two leptons (electrons or muons) of the same charge or three leptons. The considered processes are tt¯ and Ht production. For the tt¯ production, one top quark decays via t→Hq. The proton–proton collision data set analysed amounts to (140fb-1) at (s=13TeV). No significant excess beyond Standard Model expectations is observed and upper limits are set on the t→Hq branching ratios at 95 % confidence level, amounting to observed (expected) limits of B(t→Hu)<2.8(3.0)×10-4 and B(t→Hc)<3.3(3.8)×10-4. Combining this search with other searches for tHq flavour-changing neutral-current interactions previously conducted by ATLAS, considering H→bb¯ and H→γγ decays, as well as H→τ+τ- decays with one or two hadronically decaying τ-leptons, yields observed (expected) upper limits on the branching ratios of B(t→Hu)<2.6(1.8)×10-4 and B(t→Hc)<3.4(2.3)×10-4.

AB - A search is presented for flavour-changing neutral-current interactions involving the top quark, the Higgs boson and an up-type quark (q=u,c) with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The analysis considers leptonic decays of the top quark along with Higgs boson decays into two W bosons, two Z bosons or a τ+τ- pair. It focuses on final states containing either two leptons (electrons or muons) of the same charge or three leptons. The considered processes are tt¯ and Ht production. For the tt¯ production, one top quark decays via t→Hq. The proton–proton collision data set analysed amounts to (140fb-1) at (s=13TeV). No significant excess beyond Standard Model expectations is observed and upper limits are set on the t→Hq branching ratios at 95 % confidence level, amounting to observed (expected) limits of B(t→Hu)<2.8(3.0)×10-4 and B(t→Hc)<3.3(3.8)×10-4. Combining this search with other searches for tHq flavour-changing neutral-current interactions previously conducted by ATLAS, considering H→bb¯ and H→γγ decays, as well as H→τ+τ- decays with one or two hadronically decaying τ-leptons, yields observed (expected) upper limits on the branching ratios of B(t→Hu)<2.6(1.8)×10-4 and B(t→Hc)<3.4(2.3)×10-4.

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Search for flavour-changing neutral-current couplings between the top quark and the Higgs boson in multi-lepton final states in 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

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