A search for the production of top-quark pairs with the same electric charge (tt or tt¯) is presented. The analysis uses proton-proton collision data at s = 13 TeV, recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1. Events with two same-charge leptons and at least two b-tagged jets are selected. Neural networks are employed to define two selections sensitive to additional couplings beyond the Standard Model that would enhance the production rate of same-sign top-quark pairs. No significant signal is observed, leading to an upper limit on the total production cross-section of same-sign top-quark pairs of 1.6 fb at 95% confidence level. Corresponding limits on the three Wilson coefficients associated with the Otu1, OQu1, and OQu8 operators in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory framework are derived.

Search for same-charge top-quark pair production in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aad, G., Aakvaag, E., Abbott, B., Abdelhameed, S., Abeling, K., Abicht, N.J., Abidi, S.H., Aboelela, M., Aboulhorma, A., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abulaiti, Y., Acharya, B.S., Ackermann, A., Adam Bourdarios, C., Adamczyk, L., Addepalli, S.V., Addison, M.J., Adelman, J., Adiguzel, A., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - 2025:2(2025). [10.1007/JHEP02(2025)084]

Search for same-charge top-quark pair production in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

Follega F. M.;Iuppa R.;
2025-01-01

Abstract

A search for the production of top-quark pairs with the same electric charge (tt or tt¯) is presented. The analysis uses proton-proton collision data at s = 13 TeV, recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1. Events with two same-charge leptons and at least two b-tagged jets are selected. Neural networks are employed to define two selections sensitive to additional couplings beyond the Standard Model that would enhance the production rate of same-sign top-quark pairs. No significant signal is observed, leading to an upper limit on the total production cross-section of same-sign top-quark pairs of 1.6 fb at 95% confidence level. Corresponding limits on the three Wilson coefficients associated with the Otu1, OQu1, and OQu8 operators in the Standard Model Effective Field Theory framework are derived.
2025
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Aad, G.; Aakvaag, E.; Abbott, B.; Abdelhameed, S.; Abeling, K.; Abicht, N. J.; Abidi, S. H.; Aboelela, M.; Aboulhorma, A.; Abramowicz, H.; Abreu, H.; ...espandi
Search for same-charge top-quark pair production in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aad, G., Aakvaag, E., Abbott, B., Abdelhameed, S., Abeling, K., Abicht, N.J., Abidi, S.H., Aboelela, M., Aboulhorma, A., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abulaiti, Y., Acharya, B.S., Ackermann, A., Adam Bourdarios, C., Adamczyk, L., Addepalli, S.V., Addison, M.J., Adelman, J., Adiguzel, A., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - 2025:2(2025). [10.1007/JHEP02(2025)084]
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