Search for single production of a top quark partner via the $T\to th$ and $h\to W{W}^{\ast }$ channels at the LHC

Abstract

Many scenarios of physics beyond the Standard Model that address the hierarchy problem also predict the existence of vector-like top quark partners, which are generally expected around the TeV scale. In this paper, we propose to search for a vector-like top quark partner with charge $2/3$ in a simplified model including only two free parameters, the coupling constant $g^{\ast }$ and top quark partner mass $m_T$. We investigate the observability of the top quark partner through the process $pp\to T(\to th)j\to t(\to b{W}^{+}\to b{\ell }^{+}{\nu }_{\ell })h(\to W{W}^{\ast }\to {\ell }^{+}\nu {\ell }^{-}\bar{\nu })j$, where $T$ is the heavy top quark partner and $h$ the SM-like Higgs boson, at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The discovery prospects and exclusion limits on the parameter plane defined by ($m_T,g^{\ast }$) are obtained for the already scheduled LHC runs as well as at the future High-Luminosity~LHC (HL-LHC). The constraints and projected sensitivities are also interpreted in a realistic model, i.e., the minimal Composite Higgs Model with singlet top quark partners. We finally also analyze the projected sensitivity in terms of the production cross section times branching fraction at the (HL-)LHC.

arXiv comment17 pages, 13 figures, final version accepted for publication in PRD

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