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Search for a light charged Higgs boson in $$t \rightarrow H^{\pm } b$$ decays, with $$H^{\pm } \rightarrow cs$$, in $$pp$$ collisions at $$\sqrt{s}={13}\hbox { TeV}$$ with the ATLAS detector

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Search for a light charged Higgs boson in $$t \rightarrow H^{\pm } b$$ decays, with $$H^{\pm } \rightarrow cs$$, in $$pp$$ collisions at $$\sqrt{s}={13}\hbox { TeV}$$ with the ATLAS detector. / The ATLAS collaboration ; Sampson, Elliot.
In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol. 85, No. 2, 153, 06.02.2025.

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The ATLAS collaboration & Sampson, E 2025, 'Search for a light charged Higgs boson in $$t \rightarrow H^{\pm } b$$ decays, with $$H^{\pm } \rightarrow cs$$, in $$pp$$ collisions at $$\sqrt{s}={13}\hbox { TeV}$$ with the ATLAS detector', European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, vol. 85, no. 2, 153. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13715-4

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The ATLAS collaboration, & Sampson, E. (2025). Search for a light charged Higgs boson in $$t \rightarrow H^{\pm } b$$ decays, with $$H^{\pm } \rightarrow cs$$, in $$pp$$ collisions at $$\sqrt{s}={13}\hbox { TeV}$$ with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 85(2), Article 153. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13715-4

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The ATLAS collaboration, Sampson E. Search for a light charged Higgs boson in $$t \rightarrow H^{\pm } b$$ decays, with $$H^{\pm } \rightarrow cs$$, in $$pp$$ collisions at $$\sqrt{s}={13}\hbox { TeV}$$ with the ATLAS detector. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 2025 Feb 6;85(2):153. doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13715-4

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The ATLAS collaboration ; Sampson, Elliot. / Search for a light charged Higgs boson in $$t \rightarrow H^{\pm } b$$ decays, with $$H^{\pm } \rightarrow cs$$, in $$pp$$ collisions at $$\sqrt{s}={13}\hbox { TeV}$$ with the ATLAS detector. In: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields. 2025 ; Vol. 85, No. 2.

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title = "Search for a light charged Higgs boson in $$t \rightarrow H^{\pm } b$$ decays, with $$H^{\pm } \rightarrow cs$$, in $$pp$$ collisions at $$\sqrt{s}={13}\hbox { TeV}$$ with the ATLAS detector",
abstract = "A search for a light charged Higgs boson produced in decays of the top quark, $$t \rightarrow H^{\pm } b$$ t {\^a}†{\textquoteright} H {\^A}± b with $$H^{\pm } \rightarrow cs$$ H {\^A}± {\^a}†{\textquoteright} c s , is presented. This search targets the production of top-quark pairs $$t\bar{t} \rightarrow Wb H^{\pm } b$$ t t {\^A}¯ {\^a}†{\textquoteright} W b H {\^A}± b , with $$W \rightarrow \ell \nu $$ W {\^a}†{\textquoteright} {\^a}„“ {\^I}½ ( $$\ell = e, \mu $$ {\^a}„“ = e , {\^I}¼ ), resulting in a lepton-plus-jets final state characterised by an isolated electron or muon and at least four jets. The search exploits b-quark and c-quark identification techniques as well as multivariate methods to suppress the dominant $$t\bar{t}$$ t t {\^A}¯ background. The data analysed correspond to $$140\hbox { fb}^{-1}$$ 140 fb - 1 of $$pp$$ pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 13\hbox { TeV}$$ s = 13 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC between 2015 and 2018. Observed (expected) 95% confidence-level upper limits on the branching fraction $$\mathscr {B}(t\rightarrow H^{\pm } b)$$ B ( t {\^a}†{\textquoteright} H {\^A}± b ) , assuming $$\mathscr {B}(t\rightarrow Wb) + \mathscr {B}(t \rightarrow H^{\pm } (\rightarrow cs)b)=1.0$$ B ( t {\^a}†{\textquoteright} W b ) + B ( t {\^a}†{\textquoteright} H {\^A}± ( {\^a}†{\textquoteright} c s ) b ) = 1.0 , are set between 0.066% (0.077%) and 3.6% (2.3%) for a charged Higgs boson with a mass between 60 and 168 GeV.",
author = "{The ATLAS collaboration} and Hanadi Ali and Zainab Alsolami and A.E. Barton and G. Borissov and E.V. Bouhova-Thacker and Ruby Ferguson and James Ferrando and H. Fox and Alina Hagan and R.C.W. Henderson and R.W.L. Jones and V. Kartvelishvili and P.A. Love and E.J. Marshall and L. Meng and D. Muenstermann and Elliot Sampson and M. Smizanska and A.M. Wharton",
year = "2025",
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doi = "10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13715-4",
language = "English",
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journal = "European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields",
issn = "1434-6044",
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TY - JOUR

T1 - Search for a light charged Higgs boson in $$t \rightarrow H^{\pm } b$$ decays, with $$H^{\pm } \rightarrow cs$$, in $$pp$$ collisions at $$\sqrt{s}={13}\hbox { TeV}$$ with the ATLAS detector

AU - The ATLAS collaboration

AU - Ali, Hanadi

AU - Alsolami, Zainab

AU - Barton, A.E.

AU - Borissov, G.

AU - Bouhova-Thacker, E.V.

AU - Ferguson, Ruby

AU - Ferrando, James

AU - Fox, H.

AU - Hagan, Alina

AU - Henderson, R.C.W.

AU - Jones, R.W.L.

AU - Kartvelishvili, V.

AU - Love, P.A.

AU - Marshall, E.J.

AU - Meng, L.

AU - Muenstermann, D.

AU - Sampson, Elliot

AU - Smizanska, M.

AU - Wharton, A.M.

PY - 2025/2/6

Y1 - 2025/2/6

N2 - A search for a light charged Higgs boson produced in decays of the top quark, $$t \rightarrow H^{\pm } b$$ t → H ± b with $$H^{\pm } \rightarrow cs$$ H ± → c s , is presented. This search targets the production of top-quark pairs $$t\bar{t} \rightarrow Wb H^{\pm } b$$ t t ¯ → W b H ± b , with $$W \rightarrow \ell \nu $$ W → ℓ ν ( $$\ell = e, \mu $$ ℓ = e , μ ), resulting in a lepton-plus-jets final state characterised by an isolated electron or muon and at least four jets. The search exploits b-quark and c-quark identification techniques as well as multivariate methods to suppress the dominant $$t\bar{t}$$ t t ¯ background. The data analysed correspond to $$140\hbox { fb}^{-1}$$ 140 fb - 1 of $$pp$$ pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 13\hbox { TeV}$$ s = 13 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC between 2015 and 2018. Observed (expected) 95% confidence-level upper limits on the branching fraction $$\mathscr {B}(t\rightarrow H^{\pm } b)$$ B ( t → H ± b ) , assuming $$\mathscr {B}(t\rightarrow Wb) + \mathscr {B}(t \rightarrow H^{\pm } (\rightarrow cs)b)=1.0$$ B ( t → W b ) + B ( t → H ± ( → c s ) b ) = 1.0 , are set between 0.066% (0.077%) and 3.6% (2.3%) for a charged Higgs boson with a mass between 60 and 168 GeV.

AB - A search for a light charged Higgs boson produced in decays of the top quark, $$t \rightarrow H^{\pm } b$$ t → H ± b with $$H^{\pm } \rightarrow cs$$ H ± → c s , is presented. This search targets the production of top-quark pairs $$t\bar{t} \rightarrow Wb H^{\pm } b$$ t t ¯ → W b H ± b , with $$W \rightarrow \ell \nu $$ W → ℓ ν ( $$\ell = e, \mu $$ ℓ = e , μ ), resulting in a lepton-plus-jets final state characterised by an isolated electron or muon and at least four jets. The search exploits b-quark and c-quark identification techniques as well as multivariate methods to suppress the dominant $$t\bar{t}$$ t t ¯ background. The data analysed correspond to $$140\hbox { fb}^{-1}$$ 140 fb - 1 of $$pp$$ pp collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 13\hbox { TeV}$$ s = 13 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC between 2015 and 2018. Observed (expected) 95% confidence-level upper limits on the branching fraction $$\mathscr {B}(t\rightarrow H^{\pm } b)$$ B ( t → H ± b ) , assuming $$\mathscr {B}(t\rightarrow Wb) + \mathscr {B}(t \rightarrow H^{\pm } (\rightarrow cs)b)=1.0$$ B ( t → W b ) + B ( t → H ± ( → c s ) b ) = 1.0 , are set between 0.066% (0.077%) and 3.6% (2.3%) for a charged Higgs boson with a mass between 60 and 168 GeV.

U2 - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13715-4

DO - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13715-4

M3 - Journal article

VL - 85

JO - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields

JF - European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields

SN - 1434-6044

IS - 2

M1 - 153

ER -