Search for Flavor-Changing Neutral Currents in Top-Quark Decays t -> Zq in pp Collisions at root s=8 TeV
Contribuinte(s) |
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
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Data(s) |
03/12/2014
03/12/2014
02/05/2014
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Resumo |
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) A search for flavor-changing neutral currents in top-quark decays t -> Zq is performed in events produced from the decay chain (tt) over bar -> Zq + Wb, where both vector bosons decay leptonically, producing a final state with three leptons (electrons or muons). A data set collected with the CMS detector at the LHC is used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb(-1) of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. No excess is seen in the observed number of events relative to the standard model prediction; thus, no evidence for flavor-changing neutral currents in top-quark decays is found. A combination with a previous search at 7 TeV excludes a t. Zq branching fraction greater than 0.05% at the 95% confidence level. |
Formato |
16 |
Identificador |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.171802 Physical Review Letters. College Pk: Amer Physical Soc, v. 112, n. 17, 16 p., 2014. 0031-9007 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/111600 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.171802 WOS:000336099500003 WOS000336099500003.pdf |
Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Amer Physical Soc |
Relação |
Physical Review Letters |
Direitos |
closedAccess |
Tipo |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |