We report on a search for the non-standard-model process u(c)+g -> t using pp collision data collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab II detector corresponding to 2.2 fb(-1). The candidate events are classified as signal-like or backgroundlike by an artificial neural network. The observed discriminant distribution yields no evidence for flavor-changing neutral current top-quark production, resulting in an upper limit on the production cross section sigma(u(c)+g -> t)< 1.8 pb at the 95% C.L. Using theoretical predictions we convert the cross section limit to upper limits on flavor-changing neutral current branching ratios: B(t -> u+g)< 3.9x10(-4) and B(t -> c+g)< 5.7x10(-3).

Search for Top-Quark Production via Flavor-Changing Neutral Currents in W+1 Jet Events at CDF / Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Gonzalez, B.a., Amerio, S., Amidei, D., Anastassov, A., Annovi, A., Antos, J., Apollinari, G., Apresyan, A., Arisawa, T., Artikov, A., Ashmanskas, W., Attal, A., Aurisano, A., Azfar, F., Azzurri, P., Badgett, W., BARBARO GALTIERI, A., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 102:15(2009). [10.1103/physrevlett.102.151801]

Search for Top-Quark Production via Flavor-Changing Neutral Currents in W+1 Jet Events at CDF

DE CECCO, Sandro;DIONISI, Carlo;GIAGU, Stefano;MARGAROLI, Fabrizio;IORI, Maurizio;LUCI, Claudio;
2009

Abstract

We report on a search for the non-standard-model process u(c)+g -> t using pp collision data collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab II detector corresponding to 2.2 fb(-1). The candidate events are classified as signal-like or backgroundlike by an artificial neural network. The observed discriminant distribution yields no evidence for flavor-changing neutral current top-quark production, resulting in an upper limit on the production cross section sigma(u(c)+g -> t)< 1.8 pb at the 95% C.L. Using theoretical predictions we convert the cross section limit to upper limits on flavor-changing neutral current branching ratios: B(t -> u+g)< 3.9x10(-4) and B(t -> c+g)< 5.7x10(-3).
2009
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Search for Top-Quark Production via Flavor-Changing Neutral Currents in W+1 Jet Events at CDF / Aaltonen, T., Adelman, J., Akimoto, T., Gonzalez, B.a., Amerio, S., Amidei, D., Anastassov, A., Annovi, A., Antos, J., Apollinari, G., Apresyan, A., Arisawa, T., Artikov, A., Ashmanskas, W., Attal, A., Aurisano, A., Azfar, F., Azzurri, P., Badgett, W., BARBARO GALTIERI, A., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 102:15(2009). [10.1103/physrevlett.102.151801]
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