Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Experiment
Scientific paper
2008-12-17
Phys.Rev.Lett.102:151801,2009
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
15 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.151801
We report on the first search for top-quark production via flavor-changing neutral-current (FCNC) interactions in the non-standard-model process u(c)+g -> t using ppbar collision data collected by the CDF II detector. The data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.2/fb. The candidate events feature the signature of semileptonic top-quark decays and are classified as signal-like or background-like by an artificial neural network trained on simulated events. The observed discriminant distribution is in good agreement with the one predicted by the standard model and provides no evidence for FCNC top-quark production, resulting in a Bayesian upper limit on the production cross section sigma (u(c)+g -> t) < 1.8 pb at the 95% confidence level. Using theoretical predictions we convert the cross-section limit to upper limits on FCNC branching ratios: BR (t -> u+g) < 3.9 x 10{-4}$ and BR (t -> c+g) < 5.7 x 10^{-3}.
Aaltonen Timo
CDF Collaboration
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