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Experimental searches for tHq

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2019-08-14 v1

Abstract

The Yukawa coupling of the Higgs boson to top quarks Yt\text{Y}_\text{t} is of particular interest as the top quark plays a special role in the electroweak symmetry breaking mechanism. Any deviation from its predicted value could hint at new physics. For this investigation the associated production of a Higgs boson and a single top quark (tHq) is a promising channel. Due to interference terms in the production amplitude the cross section σtHq\sigma_\text{tHq} is not only sensitive to the magnitude of Yt\text{Y}_\text{t} but also to its sign making this channel special. In addition the branching ratio BR(Hγγ\text{H}\to\gamma\gamma) is sensitive to sign and magnitude of Yt\text{Y}_\text{t}. The ATLAS and CMS collaborations exploit both effects to set upper limits on σtHq\sigma_\text{tHq} and the deviation of Yt\text{Y}_\text{t} by applying inherently different approaches. The most recent results from both collaborations using the full data provided by the LHC are presented.

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@article{arxiv.1411.2988,
  title  = {Experimental searches for tHq},
  author = {Christian Böser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.2988},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

Presented at TOP2014, 7th International Workshop on Top Quark Physics, Cannes, France, September 29 - October 3 2014, 5 pages, 7 figures

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