Search for Flavor-Changing Neutral Currents in Top-Quark Decays t → Zq in pp Collisions at √s=8 TeV

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2014
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A search for flavor-changing neutral currents in top-quark decays t→Zq is performed in events produced from the decay chain tt¯→Zq+Wb, where both vector bosons decay leptonically, producing a final state with three leptons (electrons or muons). A data set collected with the CMS detector at the LHC is used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7  fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. No excess is seen in the observed number of events relative to the standard model prediction; thus, no evidence for flavor-changing neutral currents in top-quark decays is found. A combination with a previous search at 7 TeV excludes a t→Zq branching fraction greater than 0.05% at the 95% confidence level.

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CMS Collaboration. "Search for Flavor-Changing Neutral Currents in Top-Quark Decays t → Zq in pp Collisions at √s=8 TeV." Physical Review Letters, 112, (2014) American Physical Society: 171802. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.171802.

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