Search for Flavor-Changing Neutral Current Top Quark Decays t → Hq, with H → bb̅ , in pp Collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

• Main Author: Tsiskaridze, Shota (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.

This PhD thesis focuses on the search for flavor-changing neutral currents in the decay of a top quark to an up-type quark (q = u, c) and the Standard Model Higgs boson, where the Higgs boson decays to bb. Further, the thesis presents the combination of this search for top quark pair events with oth...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and Theoretical Framework
• The ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider
• Event Simulation
• Event Reconstruction
• Event Samples and Preselection
• Analysis Strategy
• Systematic Uncertainties
• Statistical Analysis
• Results
• Prospects
• Summary.