Search for flavor-changing neutral-current couplings between the top quark and the Z boson with proton-proton collisions at ?s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
dc.contributor.author | Aad G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Abbott B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Abbott D. C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Abud A. Abed | |
dc.contributor.author | Abeling K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Abhayasinghe D. K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Abidi S. H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Aboulhorma A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Abramowicz H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Abreu H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Abulaiti Y. | |
dc.contributor.author | Abusleme Hoffman A. C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Acharya B. S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Achkar B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Adam L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bourdarios C. Adam | |
dc.contributor.author | Adamczyk L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Adamek L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Addepalli S. V | |
dc.contributor.author | Adelman J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Adiguzel A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Adorni S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Adye T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Affolder A. A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Afik Y. | |
dc.contributor.author | Agapopoulou C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Agaras M. N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Agarwala J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Aggarwal A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Agheorghiesei C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Aguilar-Saavedra J. A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ahmad A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ahmadov F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ahmed W. S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ai X. | |
dc.contributor.author | Aielli G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Aizenberg I | |
dc.contributor.author | Akatsuka S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Akbiyik M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Akesson T. P. A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-19T16:37:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-05-19T16:37:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023/08/30 | |
dc.description.abstract | A search for flavor-changing neutral-current couplings between a top quark, an up or charm quark, and a Z boson is presented, using proton-proton collision data at root s = 13 TeV collected by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The analyzed data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb(-1). The search targets both single-top- quark events produced as gq -> tZ (with q = u, c) and top-quark-pair events, with one top quark decaying through the t -> Zq channel. The analysis considers events with three leptons (electrons or muons), a b-tagged jet, possible additional jets, and missing transverse momentum. The data are found to be consistent with the background-only hypothesis and 95% confidence-level limits on the t -> Zq branching ratios, assuming only tensor operators of the Standard Model effective field theory framework contribute to the tZq vertices. These are 6.2 x 10(-5) (13 x 10(-5)) for t -> Zu (t -> Zc) for a left-handed tZq coupling, and 6.6 x 10(-5) (12 x 10(-5)) in the case of a right-handed coupling. These results are interpreted as 95% CL upper limits on the strength of the corresponding couplings, yielding limits for |C-uW((13))*| and |C-uB((13))*| (|C-uW((31))| and |C-uB((31))|) of 0.15 (0.16), and limits for |C-uW((23))*| and |C-uB((23))*| (|C-uW((32))| and |C-uB((32))|) of 0.22 (0.21), assuming a new-physics energy scale Lambda(NP) of 1 TeV. | |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.108.032019 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2470-0010 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://publicacionesabiertas.userena.cl/handle/123456789/301 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | AMER PHYSICAL SOC | |
dc.subject | PLUS PLUS, PARTON DISTRIBUTIONS, PAIR PRODUCTION, PHYSICS, DECAY | |
dc.title | Search for flavor-changing neutral-current couplings between the top quark and the Z boson with proton-proton collisions at ?s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector | |
dc.type | Article |