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Search for Single-top Production in ep Collisions at HERA
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
  • H. Abramowicz, Tel Aviv University
  • I. Abt, Max Planck Institute for Physics (Werner Heisenberg Institute)
  • L. Adamczyk, AGH University of Science and Technology
  • M. Adamus, National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ)
  • R. Aggarwal, Panjab University
  • S. Antonelli, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna
  • P. Antonioli, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna
  • A. Antonov, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI
  • M. Arneodo, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale "Amedeo Avogadro"
  • V. Aushev, Institute of Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine
  • Y. Aushev, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
  • O. Bachynska, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
  • A. Bamberger, Universität Freiburg im Breisgau
  • A. N. Barakbaev, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • G. Barbagli, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze
  • G. Bari, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna
  • F. Barreiro, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  • N. Bartosik, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
  • D. Bartsch, Universität Bonn
  • M. Basile, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna
  • O. Behnke, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
  • J. Behr, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
  • U. Behrens, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
  • L. Bellagamba, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna
  • A. Bertolin, Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
  • S. Bhadra, York University
  • M. Bindi, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna
  • C. Blohm, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
  • V. Bokhonov, Institute of Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine
  • T. Bołd, AGH University of Science and Technology
  • K. Bondarenko, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
  • Margarita C. K. Mattingly, Andrews University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-14-2012
Disciplines
Abstract

A search for single-top production, ep→etX, has been performed with the ZEUS detector at HERA using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.37 fb -1. No evidence for top production was found, consistent with the expectation from the Standard Model. Limits were computed for single-top production via flavour changing neutral current transitions involving a neutral electroweak vector boson, γ or Z. The result was combined with a previous ZEUS result yielding a total luminosity of 0.50 fb -1. A 95% credibility level upper limit of 0.13 pb was obtained for the cross section at the centre-of-mass energy of √s=315 GeV. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.01.025
First Department
Physics
Acknowledgements
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Citation Information
H. Abramowicz, I. Abt, L. Adamczyk, M. Adamus, et al.. "Search for Single-top Production in ep Collisions at HERA" Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics Vol. 708 Iss. 1-2 (2012) p. 27 - 36
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/margarita_mattingly/198/