We investigate the prospect of discovering the Flavour Changing Neutral Current(FCNC)tqZ couplings via two production processes yielding trilepton signals:top quark pair production pp→tt with one top quark decaying t...We investigate the prospect of discovering the Flavour Changing Neutral Current(FCNC)tqZ couplings via two production processes yielding trilepton signals:top quark pair production pp→tt with one top quark decaying to the Z boson and one light jet and the anomalous single top quark plus Z boson production process pp→tZ.We study these channels at various successors of the Large Hadron Collider(LHC),i.e,the approved High-Luminosity LHC(HL-LHC)as well as the proposed High-Energy LHC(HE-LHC)and Future Circular Collider in hadron-hadron mode(FCC-hh).We perform a full simulation for the signals and the relevant Standard Model(SM)backgrounds and obtain limits on the Branching Ratios(BRs)of t→qZ(q=u,c),eventually yielding a trilepton final state through the decay modes t→bW+→bl^(+)V_(l)and Z→l^(+)l^(-).The upper limits on these FCNC BRs at 95%Confidence Level(CL)are obtained at the HL-LHC with√s=14 TeV and 3 ab^(-1),at the HE-LHC with√s=27TeV and 15 ab^(-1),and at the FCC-hh with√s=100 TeV and 30ab^(-1).展开更多
基金Foundation of the Henan Institute of Science and Technology(2016ZD01)part by the NExT Institute and the STFC CG(ST/L000296/1)。
文摘We investigate the prospect of discovering the Flavour Changing Neutral Current(FCNC)tqZ couplings via two production processes yielding trilepton signals:top quark pair production pp→tt with one top quark decaying to the Z boson and one light jet and the anomalous single top quark plus Z boson production process pp→tZ.We study these channels at various successors of the Large Hadron Collider(LHC),i.e,the approved High-Luminosity LHC(HL-LHC)as well as the proposed High-Energy LHC(HE-LHC)and Future Circular Collider in hadron-hadron mode(FCC-hh).We perform a full simulation for the signals and the relevant Standard Model(SM)backgrounds and obtain limits on the Branching Ratios(BRs)of t→qZ(q=u,c),eventually yielding a trilepton final state through the decay modes t→bW+→bl^(+)V_(l)and Z→l^(+)l^(-).The upper limits on these FCNC BRs at 95%Confidence Level(CL)are obtained at the HL-LHC with√s=14 TeV and 3 ab^(-1),at the HE-LHC with√s=27TeV and 15 ab^(-1),and at the FCC-hh with√s=100 TeV and 30ab^(-1).
