Published March 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Rare top quark decays at a 100 TeV proton-proton collider. t → bWZ and t → hc

  • 1. Nikhef, Theory Group, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  • 2. University of Amsterdam, Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam and Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Description

We investigate extremely rare top quark decays at a future proton-proton collider with centre-of-mass energy of 100 TeV. We focus on two decay modes: radiative decay with a Z boson, t → bWZ, and flavour-changing neutral decay with a Higgs boson, t → hc, the former being kinematically suppressed with a branching ratio of O(10-6) (Altarelli et al., Phys Lett B 502:125-132, 2001), and the latter highly loop-suppressed, with a branching ratio of O(10-15) (Aguilar-Saavedra, Acta Phys Polon B 35:2695-2710, 2004). We find that t → bWZ will be very challenging to observe in top quark pair production, even within well-motivated beyond-the-standard model scenarios. For the mode t → hc we find a stronger sensitivity than that obtained by any future LHC measurement by at least one order of magnitude. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5701-8

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online)
Journal Volume
78
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 1-8
ISSN
1434-6052