Search for a vector-like quark T' → tH via the diphoton decay mode of the Higgs boson in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV

A search for the electroweak production of a vector-like quark T’, decaying to a top quark and a Higgs boson is presented. The search is based on a sample of proton-proton collision events recorded at the LHC at √s = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−¹. This is the first T’...

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Autores: Tumasyan, A., Brochero Cifuentes, Javier Andrés|||0000-0003-2093-7856, Cabrillo Bartolomé, José Iban, Calderón Tazón, Alicia|||0000-0002-7205-2040, Duarte Campderros, Jorge|||0000-0003-0687-5214, Fernández García, Marcos|||0000-0002-4824-1087, Fernández Madrazo, Celia|||0000-0001-9748-4336, García Alonso, Andrea, Gómez Gramuglio, Gervasio|||0000-0002-1077-6553, Lasaosa García, Clara, Martínez Rivero, Celso, Martínez Ruiz del Árbol, Pablo|||0000-0002-7737-5121, Matorras Weinig, Francisco|||0000-0003-4295-5668, Matorras Cuevas, Pablo|||0000-0001-7481-7273, Piedra Gómez, Jonatan|||0000-0002-9157-1700, Prieëls, Cedric, Ruiz Jimeno, Alberto|||0000-0002-3639-0368, Scodellaro, Luca|||0000-0002-4974-8330, Vila Álvarez, Iván |||0000-0002-6797-7209, Vizán García, Jesús Manuel|||0000-0002-6823-8854
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/31965
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/31965
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Beyond Standard Model
Hadron-Hadron Scattering
Top Physics
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Sumario:A search for the electroweak production of a vector-like quark T’, decaying to a top quark and a Higgs boson is presented. The search is based on a sample of proton-proton collision events recorded at the LHC at √s = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−¹. This is the first T’ search that exploits the Higgs boson decay to a pair of photons. For narrow isospin singlet T’ states with masses up to 1.1TeV, the excellent diphoton invariant mass resolution of 1–2% results in an increased sensitivity compared to previous searches based on the same production mechanism. The electroweak production of a T’ quark with mass up to 960 GeV is excluded at 95% confidence level, assuming a coupling strength κT = 0.25 and a relative decay width Γ/MT’ < 5%.