Search for same-charge top-quark pair production in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$ 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Abstract

A search for the production of top-quark pairs with the same electric charge ($tt$ or $\bar{t}\bar{t}$) is presented. The analysis uses proton-proton collision data at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV, recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb${}^{-1}$. Events with two same-charge leptons and at least two $b$-tagged jets are selected. Neural networks are employed to define two selections sensitive to additional couplings beyond the Standard Model that would enhance the production rate of same-sign top-quark pairs. No significant signal is observed, leading to an upper limit on the total production cross-section of same-sign top-quark pairs of 1.6 fb at 95$\%$ confidence level. Corresponding limits on the three Wilson coefficients associated with the ${\mathcal{O}}_{tu}^{(1)}$, ${\mathcal{O}}_{Qu}^{(1)}$, and ${\mathcal{O}}_{Qu}^{(8)}$ operators in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory framework are derived.

arXiv comment52 pages in total, author list starting page 35, 9 figures, 6 tables, published in JHEP. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/TOPQ-2021-14/

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