A search for a light charged Higgs boson (H^±) decaying into two jets (c¯s) using pp collisions at s = sqrt(7 TeV) is presented. A data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.7 fb^−1 recorded by the ATLAS detector in 2011 has been analysed. The search is performed in the semi-leptonic t¯t channel, where one of the top quarks decays via t --> bH^±. The other top quark decays to bW, where the W boson decays to a lepton (e/μ) and a neutrino. The search is based on the invariant mass distribution of the two light jets in the final state as the discriminating variable. With no observation of an H^± signal, 95% confidence level(CL) upper limits are set on the decay branching ratio of top quarks to charged Higgs bosons. These limits are between 5% and 1% for charged Higgs boson masses between 90 and 150 GeV, and can be considered as model-independent limits on the decay branching ratio of top quarks to any charged boson beyond the Standard Model.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:607104 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Trifis, Omran |
| Contributors | Loebinger, Frederick |
| Publisher | University of Manchester |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/search-for-a-light-charged-higgs-boson-in-the-decay-channel-h--cs-using-the-atlas-detector(27e6a49c-a45c-4bbb-8965-708921b53cb8).html |
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