# Search for anomalous single top quark production in association with a photon in pp collisions at √s = 8 TeV

CMS Collaboration; Khachatryan, V.; Sirunyan, A.M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Asilar, E.; Bergauer, T.; Brandstetter, J.; Brondolin, E.; Dragicevic, M.; Erö, J.; Flechl, M.; Friedl, M.; Frühwirth, R.; Ghete, V.M.; Hartl, C.; Hörmann, N.; Hrubec, J.; Jeitler, M.; Knünz, V.; König, A.; ... mehr

Abstract (englisch):
The result of a search for flavor changing neutral currents (FCNC) through single top quark production in association with a photon is presented. The study is based on proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV using data collected with the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.8 fb−1. The search for tγ events where t → Wb and W → μν is conducted in final states with a muon, a photon, at least one hadronic jet with at most one being consistent with originating from a bottom quark, and missing transverse momentum. No evidence of single top quark production in association with a photon through a FCNC is observed. Upper limits at the 95% confidence level are set on the tuγ and tcγ anomalous couplings and translated into upper limits on the branching fraction of the FCNC top quark decays: ℬ(t → uγ) &lt; 1.3 × 10− 4 and ℬ(t → cγ) &lt; 1.7 × 10− 3. Upper limits are also set on the cross section of associated tγ production in a restricted phase-space region. These are the most stringent limits currently available. © 2016, The Author(s).

 Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP) Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz Jahr 2016 Sprache Englisch Identifikator DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2016)035 ISSN: 1126-6708 URN: urn:nbn:de:swb:90-549189 KITopen ID: 1000054918 Erschienen in Journal of High Energy Physics Band 2016 Heft 4 Seiten 35 Bemerkung zur Veröffentlichung Gefördert durch SCOAP3
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