Search for single production of a vector-like T quark decaying to a top quark and a neutral scalar boson in the lepton+jets final state in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV
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Prof. Dr. Hasan OĞUL Sinop Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Journal of High Energy Physics (Q1)
Dergi ISSN 1029-8479 Dergi Bilgileri (2026)
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 07-2026
Kabul Tarihi 27-04-2026 Yayınlanma Tarihi 03-07-2026
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 2026 / 7 / – DOI 10.1007/JHEP07(2026)041
Makale Linki https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep07(2026)041
UAK Araştırma Alanları
Özet
A search for single production of a vector-like T quark with charge 2e/3, decaying to a top quark and a neutral scalar boson is presented. The boson can be a standard model Higgs boson (H) or a new scalar boson (ϕ). In the first case, a branching fraction of 25% is assumed for the decay T→ tH, while in the second case the T quark is assumed to decay exclusively to tϕ. The top quark is identified via its lepton+ jets decay, and the neutral boson via its decay into a bottom quark-antiquark pair. Final states with Lorentz-boosted topologies are considered and machine-learning techniques are exploited for optimal event classification. The analysis uses data collected by the CMS experiment in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb− 1 recorded at the CERN LHC in 2016–2018. Upper limits at 95% confidence level are set on the product of cross …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Hadron-Hadron Scattering | Top Physics | Vector-Like Quarks