Published January 1, 2022
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Search for Flavor-Changing Neutral Current Interactions of the Top Quark and Higgs Boson in Final States with Two Photons in Proton-Proton Collisions at root s=13 TeV
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- Tumasyan, A.1
- Adam, W.2
- Andrejkovic, J. W.2
- Bergauer, T.2
- Chatterjee, S.
- Dragicevic, M.2
- Del Valle, A. Escalante
- Fruhwirth, R.
- Jeitler, M.
- Krammer, N.2
- Lechner, L.2
- Liko, D.2
- Mikulec, I.2
- Paulitsch, P.
- Pitters, F. M.
- Schieck, J.
- Schofbeck, R.2
- Schwarz, D.2
- Templ, S.2
- Waltenberger, W.2
- Waltenberger, W.2
- 1. Yerevan Phys Inst, Yerevan, Armenia
- 2. Inst Hochenergiephys, Vienna, Austria
Description
Proton-proton interactions resulting in final states with two photons are studied in a search for the signature of flavor-changing neutral current interactions of top quarks (t) and Higgs bosons (H). The analysis is based on data collected at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb(-1.) No significant excess above the background prediction is observed. Upper limits on the branching fractions (B) of the top quark decaying to a Higgs boson and an up (u) or charm (c) quark are derived through a binned fit to the diphoton invariant mass spectrum. The observed (expected) 95% confidence level upper limits are found to be 0.019% (0.031%) for B(t -> Hu) and 0.073% (0.051%) for B(t -> Hc). These are the strictest upper limits yet determined.
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