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Study of the $H \rightarrow b\bar{b}$ in association with a single top quark

The production of the Higgs boson in association with a single top quark. $tH$ is a very important process for testing the Standard Model theory. There are three production channels: associated production with $W$, t-channel and s-channel. In this study only $tHq$ production with $H\rightarrow b\bar...

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Autor principal: Zunic, Ena
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2280995
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Sumario:The production of the Higgs boson in association with a single top quark. $tH$ is a very important process for testing the Standard Model theory. There are three production channels: associated production with $W$, t-channel and s-channel. In this study only $tHq$ production with $H\rightarrow b\bar{b}$ decay and top leptonic decay has been generated and analyzed. The $tH$ production is important for probing the sign of the Higgs-top Yukawa coupling, $y_{t}$. Namely, there is an interference between diagrams which depends on the relative sign of $y_{t}$. LO Madgraph is used as a tool for generating events, calculating the cross-sections and Feynmann diagrams. The cross-section is parameterized as a continuous function of $y_{t}$. The kinematics of the process appears to be dependent on the $y_{t}$ used. In addition, the dominant background from $t\bar{t}$ production with heavy flavor jets has been generated and potential discriminating variables to separate $tH$ from this background have been analyzed and discussed.