scholarly journals Search for new physics in top quark production with additional leptons in proton-proton collisions at $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 13 TeV using effective field theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Sirunyan ◽  
◽  
A. Tumasyan ◽  
W. Adam ◽  
T. Bergauer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Top Quark ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
Top Quarks ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
Proton Collisions ◽  
Proton Proton Collisions

Abstract Events containing one or more top quarks produced with additional prompt leptons are used to search for new physics within the framework of an effective field theory (EFT). The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 41.5 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV at the LHC, collected by the CMS experiment in 2017. The selected events are required to have either two leptons with the same charge or more than two leptons; jets, including identified bottom quark jets, are also required, and the selected events are divided into categories based on the multiplicities of these objects. Sixteen dimension-six operators that can affect processes involving top quarks produced with additional charged leptons are considered in this analysis. Constructed to target EFT effects directly, the analysis applies a novel approach in which the observed yields are parameterized in terms of the Wilson coefficients (WCs) of the EFT operators. A simultaneous fit of the 16 WCs to the data is performed and two standard deviation confidence intervals for the WCs are extracted; the standard model expectations for the WC values are within these intervals for all of the WCs probed.

scholarly journals Search for production of four top quarks in final states with same-sign or multiple leptons in proton–proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s}=13$$ $$\,\text {TeV}$$

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Sirunyan ◽  
◽  
A. Tumasyan ◽  
W. Adam ◽  
F. Ambrogi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Top Quark ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
Top Quarks ◽  
Higgs Doublet ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
Proton Collisions ◽  
Center Of Mass Energy ◽  
Proton Proton Collisions

Abstract The standard model (SM) production of four top quarks ($$\text {t} {}{\overline{\text {t}}} \text {t} {}{\overline{\text {t}}} $$tt¯tt¯) in proton–proton collisions is studied by the CMS Collaboration. The data sample, collected during the 2016–2018 data taking of the LHC, corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 137$$\,\text {fb}^{-1}$$fb-1 at a center-of-mass energy of 13$$\,\text {TeV}$$TeV. The events are required to contain two same-sign charged leptons (electrons or muons) or at least three leptons, and jets. The observed and expected significances for the $$\text {t} {}{\overline{\text {t}}} \text {t} {}{\overline{\text {t}}} $$tt¯tt¯ signal are respectively 2.6 and 2.7 standard deviations, and the $$\text {t} {}{\overline{\text {t}}} \text {t} {}{\overline{\text {t}}} $$tt¯tt¯ cross section is measured to be $$12.6^{+5.8}_{-5.2}\,\text {fb} $$12.6-5.2+5.8fb. The results are used to constrain the Yukawa coupling of the top quark to the Higgs boson, $$y_{\text {t}}$$yt, yielding a limit of $$|y_{\text {t}}/y_{\text {t}}^{\mathrm {SM}} | < 1.7$$|yt/ytSM|<1.7 at $$95\%$$95% confidence level, where $$y_{\text {t}}^{\mathrm {SM}}$$ytSM is the SM value of $$y_{\text {t}}$$yt. They are also used to constrain the oblique parameter of the Higgs boson in an effective field theory framework, $$\hat{H}<0.12$$H^<0.12. Limits are set on the production of a heavy scalar or pseudoscalar boson in Type-II two-Higgs-doublet and simplified dark matter models, with exclusion limits reaching 350–470$$\,\text {GeV}$$GeV and 350–550$$\,\text {GeV}$$GeV for scalar and pseudoscalar bosons, respectively. Upper bounds are also set on couplings of the top quark to new light particles.

Implementation of the CMS-TOP-18-003 analysis in the MadAnalysis 5 framework (four top quarks with at least two leptons; 137 fb−1)

2020 ◽  
pp. 2141008
Author(s):  
Luc Darmé ◽  
Benjamin Fuks
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
Top Quarks ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
Proton Collisions ◽  
Center Of Mass Energy ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Physics Model ◽  
Proton Proton Collisions

We present the implementation in MadAnalysis 5 of the CMS-TOP-18-003 search for the production of four top quarks in the Standard Model and detail the validation of this implementation. This CMS analysis studies Standard Model four-top production through the same-sign and multi-lepton plus jets channels, using a luminosity of 137 fb[Formula: see text] of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. We validate our implementation work by studying various distributions and event counts describing the properties of the signal in the context of the Standard Model: jet and [Formula: see text]-jet multiplicities, the hadronic activity [Formula: see text], and the number of expected events populating the various analysis signal regions. We then provide a small example of usage of this implementation to constrain a toy new physics model.

scholarly journals Search for new physics in top quark production in dilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 13\,\text {TeV} $$

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Sirunyan ◽  
◽  
A. Tumasyan ◽  
W. Adam ◽  
F. Ambrogi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Top Quark ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Final State ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
Proton Collisions ◽  
Top Quark Production ◽  
Quark Production ◽  
Proton Proton Collisions

Abstract A search for new physics in top quark production is performed in proton-proton collisions at $$13\,\text {TeV} $$13TeV. The data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of $$35.9{\,\text {fb}^{-1}} $$35.9fb-1 collected in 2016 with the CMS detector. Events with two opposite-sign isolated leptons (electrons or muons), and $$\mathrm{b}$$b quark jets in the final state are selected. The search is sensitive to new physics in top quark pair production and in single top quark production in association with a $$\mathrm{W}$$W boson. No significant deviation from the standard model expectation is observed. Results are interpreted in the framework of effective field theory and constraints on the relevant effective couplings are set, one at a time, using a dedicated multivariate analysis. This analysis differs from previous searches for new physics in the top quark sector by explicitly separating $$\mathrm{t}\mathrm{W}$$tW from $$\mathrm{t}{\bar{\mathrm{t}}}$$tt¯ events and exploiting the specific sensitivity of the $$\mathrm{t}\mathrm{W}$$tW process to new physics.

scholarly journals Search for physics beyond the standard model in events with jets and two same-sign or at least three charged leptons in proton-proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s}=13\,{\text {TeV}} $$

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Sirunyan ◽  
◽  
A. Tumasyan ◽  
W. Adam ◽  
F. Ambrogi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
Proton Collisions ◽  
Center Of Mass Energy ◽  
Charged Leptons ◽  
Proton Proton Collisions

Abstract A data sample of events from proton-proton collisions with at least two jets, and two isolated same-sign or three or more charged leptons, is studied in a search for signatures of new physics phenomena. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of $$137{\,{\text {fb}}^{-1}} $$137fb-1 at a center-of-mass energy of $$13\,{\text {TeV}} $$13TeV, collected in 2016–2018 by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The search is performed using a total of 168 signal regions defined using several kinematic variables. The properties of the events are found to be consistent with the expectations from standard model processes. Exclusion limits at 95% confidence level are set on cross sections for the pair production of gluinos or squarks for various decay scenarios in the context of supersymmetric models conserving or violating R parity. The observed lower mass limits are as large as $$2.1\,{\text {TeV}} $$2.1TeV for gluinos and $$0.9\,{\text {TeV}} $$0.9TeV for top and bottom squarks. To facilitate reinterpretations, model-independent limits are provided in a set of simplified signal regions.

scholarly journals Measurement of top quark properties at the Tevatron and LHC

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 1460278
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Margaroli ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Coming Out ◽  
Top Quark ◽  
Top Quarks ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
New Era ◽  
Proton Collisions ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
8 Tev ◽  
Proton Proton Collisions ◽  
Selection Of

Almost two decades after its discovery at Fermilab's Tevatron collider experiments, the top quark is still under the spotlight due to its connections to some of the most interesting puzzles in the Standard Model. The Tevatron has been shut down two years ago, yet some interesting results are coming out of the CDF and D0 collaborations. The LHC collider at CERN produced two orders of magnitude more top quarks than Tevatron's, thus giving birth to a new era for top quark physics. While the LHC is also down at the time of this writing, many top quark physics results are being extracted out of the 7 TeV and 8 TeV proton proton collisions by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations, and many more are expected to appear before the LHC will be turned on again sometime in 2015. These proceedings cover a selection of recent results produced by the Tevatron and LHC experiments.

scholarly journals Probing effective field theory operators in the associated production of top quarks with a Z boson in multilepton final states at $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 13 TeV

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
N. Tonon ◽  
H. Aarup Petersen ◽  
M. Aldaya Martin ◽  
P. Asmuss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Top Quark ◽  
Z Boson ◽  
Top Quarks ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Machine Learning Techniques ◽  
Final States ◽  
Associated Production ◽  
Five Dimension

Abstract A search for new top quark interactions is performed within the framework of an effective field theory using the associated production of either one or two top quarks with a Z boson in multilepton final states. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at $$ \sqrt{s} $$ s = 13 TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. Five dimension-six operators modifying the electroweak interactions of the top quark are considered. Novel machine-learning techniques are used to enhance the sensitivity to effects arising from these operators. Distributions used for the signal extraction are parameterized in terms of Wilson coefficients describing the interaction strengths of the operators. All five Wilson coefficients are simultaneously fit to data and 95% confidence level intervals are computed. All results are consistent with the SM expectations.

scholarly journals Resummation of non-global logarithms in cross sections with massive particles

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Balsiger ◽  
Thomas Becher ◽  
Andrea Ferroglia
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Top Quark ◽  
Parton Shower ◽  
Top Quarks ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Group Evolution ◽  
Theory Framework

Abstract A factorization formalism for jet processes involving massive colored particles such as the top quark is developed, extending earlier results for the massless case. The factorization of soft emissions from the underlying hard process is implemented in an effective field theory framework, which forms the basis for the resummation of large logarithms. The renormalization group evolution giving rise to non-global logarithms is implemented into a parton shower code in the large-Nc limit. After a comparison of the massive and massless radiation patterns, the cross section for $$ t\overline{t} $$ t t ¯ production with a veto on additional central jet activity is computed, taking into account radiation both from the production and the decay of the top quarks. The resummation of the leading logarithms leads to an improved description of ATLAS measurements at $$ \sqrt{s} $$ s = 7 TeV.

scholarly journals Precision Higgs couplings in neutral naturalness models: an effective field theory approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucien Heurtier ◽  
Hao-Lin Li ◽  
Huayang Song ◽  
Shufang Su ◽  
Wei Su ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Goldstone Boson ◽  
Higgs Sector ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Precision Measurements ◽  
Global Symmetry ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Decay Channels

AbstractThe Higgs sector in neutral naturalness models provides a portal to the hidden sectors, and thus measurements of Higgs couplings at current and future colliders play a central role in constraining the parameter space of the model. We investigate a class of neutral naturalness models, in which the Higgs boson is a pseudo-Goldstone boson from the universal SO(N)/SO(N −1) coset structure. Integrating out the radial mode from the spontaneous global symmetry breaking, we obtain various dimension-six operators in the Standard Model effective field theory, and calculate the low energy Higgs effective potential with radiative corrections included. We perform aχ2fit to the Higgs coupling precision measurements at current and future colliders and show that the new physics scale could be explored up to 2.3 (2.4) TeV without (with) the Higgs invisible decay channels at future Higgs factories. The limits are comparable to the indirect constraints obtained via electroweak precision measurements.

scholarly journals Cosmological phase transitions: is effective field theory just a toy?

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marieke Postma ◽  
Graham White
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Phase Transition ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Dark Sector ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Phase

Abstract To obtain a first order phase transition requires large new physics corrections to the Standard Model (SM) Higgs potential. This implies that the scale of new physics is relatively low, raising the question whether an effective field theory (EFT) description can be used to analyse the phase transition in a (nearly) model-independent way. We show analytically and numerically that first order phase transitions in perturbative extensions of the SM cannot be described by the SM-EFT. The exception are Higgs-singlet extension with tree-level matching; but even in this case the SM-EFT can only capture part of the full parameter space, and if truncated at dim-6 operators, the description is at most qualitative. We also comment on the applicability of EFT techniques to dark sector phase transitions.

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