Search for flavor changing neutral current interactions of the top quark in final states with a photon and additional jets in proton-proton collisions at Formula Presented

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Abstract

A search for the production of a top quark in association with a photon and additional jets via flavor changing neutral current interactions is presented. The analysis uses proton-proton collision data recorded by the CMS detector at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of Formula Presented. The search is performed by looking for processes where a single top quark is produced in association with a photon, or a pair of top quarks where one of the top quarks decays into a photon and an up or charm quark. Events with an electron or a muon, a photon, one or more jets, and missing transverse momentum are selected. Multivariate analysis techniques are used to discriminate signal and standard model background processes. No significant deviation is observed over the predicted background. Observed (expected) upper limits are set on the branching fractions of top quark decays: Formula Presented (Formula Presented) and Formula Presented (Formula Presented) at 95% confidence level, assuming a single nonzero coupling at a time. The obtained limit for Formula Presented is similar to the current best limit, while the limit for Formula Presented is significantly tighter than previous results.

Original languageEnglish
Article number072004
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume109
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024 Apr 1

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© 2024 CERN, for the CMS Collaboration.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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