Probing the $CP$ nature of the top-Higgs Yukawa coupling in $t\bar{t}H$ and $tH$ events with $H\to b\bar{b}$ decays using the ATLAS detector at the LHC

Abstract

The $CP$ properties of the coupling between the Higgs boson and the top quark are investigated with 139 fb${}^{-1}$ of proton-proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV. The $CP$ structure of the top quark-Higgs boson Yukawa coupling is probed in events with a Higgs boson decaying into a pair of $b$-quarks and produced in association with either a pair of top quarks, $t\bar{t}H$, or a single top quark, $tH$. Events containing one or two electrons or muons are used for the measurement. In an extension of the Standard Model with a $CP$-odd admixture to the top-Higgs Yukawa coupling, the mixing angle between $CP$-even and $CP$-odd couplings is measured to be $\alpha =11{}_{-73^{\circ }}^{\circ +52^{\circ }}$.

41 pages, author list starting at page 24, 3 figures, 4 tables, published by Phys. Lett. B. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/HIGG-2020-03

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