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在ATLAS中寻找顶夸克事例中的FCNC

Search for FCNC in top-quark events in ATLAS

Markus Cristinziani

摘要:

介绍了ATLAS合作组对顶夸克产生和衰变中的变味中性流(FCNC)过程的研究结果。收集到的数据从$pp$碰撞在大型强子对撞机在2011年期间的质心能量为7 TeV,相应的积分亮度为2.05/fb,被使用。在第一次分析中,通过FCNC产生的单顶夸克被搜索。候选事件与半轻子顶夸克衰变签名被分类为信号或背景类事件,通过使用几个运动学变量作为输入到神经网络。在神经网络输出分布中没有观察到信号,并且在生产横截面上设置贝叶斯上限。使用与模型无关的方法,将观测到的上限转换为耦合强度的上限:k_{ugt} /Lambda < 6.9x10^{-3}/TeV和k_{cgt} /Lambda < 1.6x10^{-2}/TeV,其中Lambda是新的物理标度,以及分支分数BF(t-->ug)< 5.7x10^{-5}和BF(t-->cg)< 2.7x10^{-4}。第二次搜索是顶夸克对产生事件,一个顶夸克通过t-->Zq FCNC(q=u,c)通道衰变,另一个通过标准模型主导模式t-->Wb。只有Z玻色子衰变到带电轻子和轻子W玻色子衰变才被认为是信号。没有发现FCNC信号的证据,因此BF(t->Zq)<0.73%的t->Zq分支比的上限设定为95%置信水平。

英文摘要:

Searches for flavor changing neutral current (FCNC) processes in top-quark production and decays by the ATLAS Collaboration are presented. Data collected from $pp$ collisions at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV during 2011, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.05/fb, are used. In a first analysis single top-quarks produced via FCNC are searched for. Candidate events with a semileptonic top-quark decay signature are classified as signal or background-like events by using several kinematic variables as input to a neural network. No signal is observed in the neural network output distribution and a Bayesian upper limit is placed on the production cross-section. The observed upper limit is converted using a model-independent approach into upper limits on the coupling strengths k_{ugt}/Lambda < 6.9x10^{-3}/TeV and k_{cgt}/Lambda < 1.6x10^{-2}/TeV, where Lambda is the new physics scale, and on the branching fractions BF(t-->ug) < 5.7x10^{-5} and BF(t-->cg) < 2.7x10^{-4}. A second search is performed for top-quark pair-production events, with one top quark decaying through the t-->Zq FCNC (q=u,c) channel, and the other through the Standard Model dominant mode t-->Wb. Only the decays of the Z boson to charged leptons and leptonic W-boson decays are considered as signal. No evidence for an FCNC signal is found and thus an upper limit on the t-->Zq branching ratio of BF(t-->Zq)<0.73% is set at the 95% confidence level.

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