Search for flavor-changing neutral $tqH$ interactions with $H\to \gamma \gamma$ in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV using the ATLAS detector

Abstract

A search for flavour-changing neutral interactions involving the top quark, the Higgs boson and an up-type quark $q$ ($q=c,u$) is presented. The proton-proton collision data set used, with an integrated luminosity of 139 fb${}^{-1}$, was collected at $\sqrt{s}=13$TeV by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Both the decay process $t\to qH$ and the production process $pp\to tH$, with the Higgs boson decaying into two photons, are investigated. No significant excess is observed and upper limits are set on the $t\to cH$ and the $t\to uH$ branching ratios of $4.3\times 10^{-4}$ and $3.8\times 10^{-4}$, respectively, at the 95% confidence level, while the expected limits in the absence of signal are $4.7\times 10^{-4}$ and $3.9\times 10^{-4}$. Combining this search with ATLAS searches in the $H\to {\tau }^{+}{\tau }^{-}$ and $H\to b\bar{b}$ final states yields observed (expected) upper limits on the $t\to cH$ branching ratio of $5.8\times 10^{-4}(3.0\times 10^{-4})$ at the 95% confidence level. The corresponding observed (expected) upper limit on the $t\to uH$ branching ratio is $4.0\times 10^{-4}(2.4\times 10^{-4})$

51 pages in total, author list starting page 34, 11 figures, 6 tables, published by JHEP. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/TOPQ-2019-04

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