Abstract
An inclusive search for same-sign top-quark pair production in pp collisions at √s = 7TeV is performed using a data sample recorded with the CMS detector in 2010, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35 pb -1. This analysis is motivated by recent studies of pp → tt reporting mass-dependent forward-backward asymmetries larger than expected from the standard model. These asymmetries could be due to Flavor Changing Neutral Currents (FCNC) in the top sector induced by t-channel exchange of a massive neutral vector boson (Z'). Models with such a Z' also predict enhancement of same-sign top-pair production in pp or pp collisions. Limits are set as a function of the Z' mass and its couplings to u and t quarks. These limits disfavour the FCNC interpretation of the Tevatron results.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 5 |
Journal | Journal of High Energy Physics |
Volume | 2011 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- Hadron-Hadron Scattering
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics