Search for flavor changing neutral currents in top quark decays in pp collisions at 7 TeV

The results of a search for flavor changing neutral currents in top quark decays t → Zq in events with a topology compatible with the decay chain tt¯ → Wb + Zq → νb + q are presented. The search is performed with a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb−1 of proton–proton co...

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Autores: Chatrchyan, Serguei, Brochero Cifuentes, Javier Andrés|||0000-0003-2093-7856, Cabrillo Bartolomé, José Iban|||0000-0002-0367-4022, Calderón Tazón, Alicia|||0000-0002-7205-2040, Chuang, S. H., Duarte Campderros, Jorge|||0000-0003-0687-5214, Felcini, Marta, Fernández García, Marcos|||0000-0002-4824-1087, González Sánchez, Francisco Javier, Graziano, Alberto, Jordá Lope, Clara, López Virto, María Amparo, Marco de Lucas, Jesús|||0000-0001-7914-8494, Marco de Lucas, Rafael José, Martínez Rivero, Celso, Matorras Weinig, Francisco|||0000-0003-4295-5668, Muñoz Sánchez, Francisca Javiela, Rodrigo Anoro, Teresa, Rodríguez Marrero, Ana Yaiza, Ruiz Jimeno, Alberto|||0000-0002-3639-0368, Scodellaro, Luca|||0000-0002-4974-8330, Sobrón Sañudo, Mar, Vila Álvarez, Iván |||0000-0002-6797-7209, Vilar Cortabitarte, Rocío|||0000-0003-2045-8054
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/25792
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/25792
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CMS
Physics
Top
Searches
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Sumario:The results of a search for flavor changing neutral currents in top quark decays t → Zq in events with a topology compatible with the decay chain tt¯ → Wb + Zq → νb + q are presented. The search is performed with a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb−1 of proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the LHC. The observed number of events agrees with the standard model prediction and no evidence for flavor changing neutral currents in top quark decays is found. A t → Zq branching fraction greater than 0.21% is excluded at the 95% confidence level.