Search for same-sign top-quark pair production at √s = 7 TeV and limits on avour changing neutral currents in the top sector

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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.

Lingua originaleInglese
Numero di articolo5
RivistaJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2011
Numero di pubblicazione8
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2011

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