Search for top quark decays t [arrow right] qH with H [arrow right] [gamma][gamma] using the ATLAS detector

• Published in: The journal of high energy physics 2014-06, Vol.2014 (6), p.1
• Main Authors: Abdallah, J, Ahmadov, F, Amako, K, Amidei, D, Bachacou, H, Badescu, E, Bartos, P, Benhar Noccioli, E, Blackburn, D, Boek, T T, Bomben, M, Brandt, G, Braun, H M, Chen, C, Cooper-smith, N J, Cowan, G, Cuciuc, C-m, Dai, T, Dattagupta, A, De Cecco, S, De Groot, N, Delsart, P A, Deviveiros, P O, Dube, S, Ellis, N, Fuster, J, García Navarro, J E, Giannetti, P, Grafström, P, Gratchev, V, Gross, E, Gumpert, C, Hadavand, H K, Hanagaki, K, Harenberg, T, Head, S J, Helsens, C, Hertenberger, R, Huseynov, N, Ikematsu, K, Ince, T, Ju, X, Karakostas, K, Katre, A, Keung, J, Kodys, P, Korn, A, Kraus, J K, Lampen, C L, Leney, K J, C, Leyton, M, Loebinger, F K, Long, R E, Loscutoff, P, Love, P A, Mader, W F, Moa, T, Morley, A K, Nikolopoulos, K, Ninomiya, Y, Orr, R S, Owen, M, Pagácová, M, Panikashvili, N, Pastore, F, Petit, E, Petrolo, E, Prokofiev, K, Ragusa, F, Romano, M, Salvucci, A, Sasaki, O, Scherzer, M I, Schmieden, K, Sidorov, D, Silva, J, Smizanska, M, Stamen, R, Stillings, J A, Strizenec, P, Tanasijczuk, A J, Tokushuku, K, Tripiana, M F, Trzupek, A, Tskhadadze, E G, Tsuno, S, Tsybychev, D, Valero, A, van Eldik, N, Varvell, K E, Wagner, W, Washbrook, A, Wulf, E, Yoosoofmiya, R, Yorita, K, Youssef, S, Yuan, L, Zhong, J, Zibell, A, Zobernig, G
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: High energy physics
• ISSN: 1029-8479
• DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2014)008

(ProQuest: ... denotes formulae and/or non-USASCII text omitted; see image) A search is performed for flavour-changing neutral currents in the decay of a top quark to an up-type (c, u) quark and a Higgs boson, where the Higgs boson decays to two photons. The proton-proton collision data set used corresponds to 4.7 fb^sup -1^ at ... = 7TeV and 20.3fb^sup -1^ at ... = 8TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Top quark pair events are searched for in which one top quark decays to qH and the other decays to bW. Both the hadronic and the leptonic decay modes of the W boson are used. No significant signal is observed and an upper limit is set on the t [arrow right] qH branching ratio of 0.79 at the 95% confidence level. The corresponding limit on the tqH coupling combination ... is 0.17. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]