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Abstract: This paper presents the search for the production of a Higgs boson in association with a single top quark (tHq), using data collected in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb?1. The search exploits a variety of Higgs boson decay modes resulting in final states with photons, bottom quarks, and multiple charged leptons, including tau leptons, and employs a variety of multivariate techniques to maximize sensitivity to the signal. The analysis is optimized for the opposite sign of the Yukawa coupling to that in the standard model, corresponding to a large enhancement of the signal cross section. In the absence of an excess of candidate signal events over the background predictions, 95% confidence level observed (expected) upper limits on anomalous tHq production are set, ranging between 600 (450) fb and 1000 (700) fb depending on the assumed diphoton branching fraction of the Higgs boson. This is the first time that results on anomalous tHq production have been reported.
Fuente: Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2016, Num. 6, Art. Num. 177
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Publication date: 01/06/2016
No. of pages: 48
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2016)177
ISSN: 1126-6708,1029-8479
Publication Url: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2016)177
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KHACHATRYAN, VLADIMIR
JOSE IBAN CABRILLO BARTOLOME
ALICIA CALDERON TAZON
JUAN RAMON CASTIÑEIRAS DE SAA
PABLO DE CASTRO MANZANO
JORGE DUARTE CAMPDERROS
MARCOS FERNANDEZ GARCIA
JUAN GARCIA FERRERO
GERVASIO GOMEZ GRAMUGLIO
MARIA AMPARO LOPEZ VIRTO
JESUS MARCO DE LUCAS
RAFAEL JOSE MARCO DE LUCAS
CELSO MARTINEZ RIVERO
FRANCISCO MATORRAS WEINIG
FRANCISCA JAVIELA MUÑOZ SANCHEZ
JONATAN PIEDRA GOMEZ
MARIA TERESA RODRIGO ANORO
ANA YAIZA RODRIGUEZ MARRERO
ALBERTO RUIZ JIMENO
LUCA SCODELLARO
NICOLO TREVISANI
IVAN VILA ALVAREZ
ROCIO VILAR CORTABITARTE
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