Combination of searches for singly produced vectorlike top quarks in (Formula presented) collisions at (Formula presented) with the ATLAS detector

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Abstract

A combination of searches for the single production of vectorlike top quarks ((Formula presented)) is presented. These analyses are based on proton-proton collisions at (Formula presented) recorded in 2015-2018 with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of (Formula presented). The (Formula presented) decay modes considered in this combination are into a top quark and either a Standard Model Higgs boson or a (Formula presented) boson ((Formula presented) and (Formula presented)). The individual searches used in the combination are differentiated by the number of leptons ((Formula presented), (Formula presented)) in the final state. The observed data are found to be in good agreement with the Standard Model background prediction. Interpretations are provided for a range of masses and couplings of the vectorlike top quark for benchmark models and generalized representations in terms of 95% confidence level limits. For a benchmark signal prediction of a vectorlike top quark SU(2) singlet with electroweak coupling, (Formula presented), of 0.5, masses below 2.1 TeV are excluded, resulting in the most restrictive limits to date.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012012
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume111
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 1 2025
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We thank CERN for the very successful operation of the LHC and its injectors, as well as the support staff at CERN and at our institutions worldwide without whom ATLAS could not be operated efficiently. The crucial computing support from all WLCG partners is acknowledged gratefully, in particular from CERN, the ATLAS Tier-1 facilities at TRIUMF/SFU (Canada), NDGF (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), CC-IN2P3 (France), KIT/GridKA (Germany), INFN-CNAF (Italy), NL-T1 (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), RAL (UK) and BNL (USA), the Tier-2 facilities worldwide and large non-WLCG resource providers. Major contributors of computing resources are listed in Ref. [114]. We gratefully acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWFW and FWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; ANID, Chile; CAS, MOST and NSFC, China; Minciencias, Colombia; MEYS CR, Czech Republic; DNRF and DNSRC, Denmark; IN2P3-CNRS and CEA-DRF/IRFU, France; SRNSFG, Georgia; BMBF, HGF and MPG, Germany; GSRI, Greece; RGC and Hong Kong SAR, China; ISF and Benoziyo Center, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; NWO, Netherlands; RCN, Norway; MNiSW, Poland; FCT, Portugal; MNE/IFA, Romania; MSTDI, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARIS and MVZI, Slovenia; DSI/NRF, South Africa; MICIU/AEI, Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SERI, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; NSTC, Taipei; TENMAK, Türkiye; STFC/UKRI, United Kingdom; DOE and NSF, U.S. Individual groups and members have received support from BCKDF, CANARIE, CRC and DRAC, Canada; CERN-CZ, FORTE and PRIMUS, Czech Republic; COST, ERC, ERDF, Horizon 2020, ICSC-NextGenerationEU and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Union; Investissements d’Avenir Labex, Investissements d’Avenir Idex and ANR, France; DFG and AvH Foundation, Germany; Herakleitos, Thales and Aristeia programmes co-financed by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF, Greece; BSF-NSF and MINERVA, Israel; NCN and NAWA, Poland; La Caixa Banking Foundation, CERCA Programme Generalitat de Catalunya and PROMETEO and GenT Programmes Generalitat Valenciana, Spain; Göran Gustafssons Stiftelse, Sweden; The Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom. In addition, individual members wish to acknowledge support from Armenia: Yerevan Physics Institute (FAPERJ); CERN: European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN PJAS); Chile: Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (FONDECYT 1230812, FONDECYT 1230987, FONDECYT 1240864); China: Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST-2023YFA1605700), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC—12175119, NSFC 12275265, NSFC-12075060); Czech Republic: Czech Science Foundation (GACR—24-11373S), Ministry of Education Youth and Sports (FORTE CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004632), PRIMUS Research Programme (PRIMUS/21/SCI/017); EU: H2020 European Research Council (ERC—101002463); European Union: European Research Council (ERC—948254, ERC 101089007), Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (MUCCA—CHIST-ERA-19-XAI-00), European Union, Future Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR-NextGenerationEU PE00000013), Italian Center for High Performance Computing, Big Data and Quantum Computing (ICSC, NextGenerationEU); France: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-20-CE31-0013, ANR-21-CE31-0013, ANR-21-CE31-0022, ANR-22-EDIR-0002), Investissements d’Avenir Labex (ANR-11-LABX-0012); Germany: Baden-Württemberg Stiftung (BW Stiftung-Postdoc Eliteprogramme), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG—469666862, DFG—CR 312/5-2); Italy: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (ICSC, NextGenerationEU), Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (PRIN—20223N7F8K—PNRR M4.C2.1.1); Japan: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS KAKENHI JP22H01227, JSPS KAKENHI JP22H04944, JSPS KAKENHI JP22KK0227, JSPS KAKENHI JP23KK0245); Netherlands: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO Veni 2020—VI.Veni.202.179); Norway: Research Council of Norway (RCN-314472); Poland: Ministry of Science and Higher Education (IDUB AGH, POB8, D4 no 9722), Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (PPN/PPO/2020/1/00002/U/00001), Polish National Science Centre (NCN 2021/42/E/ST2/00350, NCN OPUS nr 2022/47/B/ST2/03059, NCN UMO-2019/34/E/ST2/00393, NCN & H2020 MSCA 945339, UMO-2020/37/B/ST2/01043, UMO-2021/40/C/ST2/00187, UMO-2022/47/O/ST2/00148, UMO-2023/49/B/ST2/04085, UMO-2023/51/B/ST2/00920); Slovenia: Slovenian Research Agency (ARIS grant J1-3010); Spain: Generalitat Valenciana (Artemisa, FEDER, IDIFEDER/2018/048), Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCIN & NextGenEU PCI2022-135018-2, MICIN & FEDER PID2021-125273NB, RYC2019-028510-I, RYC2020-030254-I, RYC2021-031273-I, RYC2022-038164-I), PROMETEO and GenT Programmes Generalitat Valenciana (CIDEGENT/2019/027); Sweden: Carl Trygger Foundation (Carl Trygger Foundation CTS 22∶2312), Swedish Research Council (Swedish Research Council 2023-04654, VR 2018-00482, VR 2022-03845, VR 2022-04683, VR 2023-03403, VR grant 2021-03651), Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW 2018.0157, KAW 2018.0458, KAW 2019.0447, KAW 2022.0358); Switzerland: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF—PCEFP2_194658); United Kingdom: Leverhulme Trust (Leverhulme Trust RPG-2020-004), Royal Society (NIF-R1-231091); U.S.: U.S. Department of Energy (ECA DE-AC02-76SF00515), Neubauer Family Foundation. We thank CERN for the very successful operation of the LHC and its injectors, as well as the support staff at CERN and at our institutions worldwide without whom ATLAS could not be operated efficiently. The crucial computing support from all WLCG partners is acknowledged gratefully, in particular from CERN, the ATLAS Tier-1 facilities at TRIUMF/SFU (Canada), NDGF (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), CC-IN2P3 (France), KIT/GridKA (Germany), INFN-CNAF (Italy), NL-T1 (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), RAL (UK) and BNL (USA), the Tier-2 facilities worldwide and large non-WLCG resource providers. Major contributors of computing resources are listed in Ref. . We gratefully acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWFW and FWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; ANID, Chile; CAS, MOST and NSFC, China; Minciencias, Colombia; MEYS CR, Czech Republic; DNRF and DNSRC, Denmark; IN2P3-CNRS and CEA-DRF/IRFU, France; SRNSFG, Georgia; BMBF, HGF and MPG, Germany; GSRI, Greece; RGC and Hong Kong SAR, China; ISF and Benoziyo Center, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; NWO, Netherlands; RCN, Norway; MNiSW, Poland; FCT, Portugal; MNE/IFA, Romania; MSTDI, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARIS and MVZI, Slovenia; DSI/NRF, South Africa; MICIU/AEI, Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SERI, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; NSTC, Taipei; TENMAK, Türkiye; STFC/UKRI, United Kingdom; DOE and NSF, U.S. Individual groups and members have received support from BCKDF, CANARIE, CRC and DRAC, Canada; CERN-CZ, FORTE and PRIMUS, Czech Republic; COST, ERC, ERDF, Horizon 2020, ICSC-NextGenerationEU and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Union; Investissements d’Avenir Labex, Investissements d’Avenir Idex and ANR, France; DFG and AvH Foundation, Germany; Herakleitos, Thales and Aristeia programmes co-financed by EU-ESF and the Greek NSRF, Greece; BSF-NSF and MINERVA, Israel; NCN and NAWA, Poland; La Caixa Banking Foundation, CERCA Programme Generalitat de Catalunya and PROMETEO and GenT Programmes Generalitat Valenciana, Spain; Göran Gustafssons Stiftelse, Sweden; The Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom. In addition, individual members wish to acknowledge support from Armenia: Yerevan Physics Institute (FAPERJ); CERN: European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN PJAS); Chile: Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (FONDECYT 1230812, FONDECYT 1230987, FONDECYT 1240864); China: Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST-2023YFA1605700), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC—12175119, NSFC 12275265, NSFC-12075060); Czech Republic: Czech Science Foundation (GACR—24-11373S), Ministry of Education Youth and Sports (FORTE CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004632), PRIMUS Research Programme (PRIMUS/21/SCI/017); EU: H2020 European Research Council (ERC—101002463); European Union: European Research Council (ERC—948254, ERC 101089007), Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (MUCCA—CHIST-ERA-19-XAI-00), European Union, Future Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR-NextGenerationEU PE00000013), Italian Center for High Performance Computing, Big Data and Quantum Computing (ICSC, NextGenerationEU); France: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-20-CE31-0013, ANR-21-CE31-0013, ANR-21-CE31-0022, ANR-22-EDIR-0002), Investissements d’Avenir Labex (ANR-11-LABX-0012); Germany: Baden-Württemberg Stiftung (BW Stiftung-Postdoc Eliteprogramme), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG—469666862, DFG—CR 312/5-2); Italy: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (ICSC, NextGenerationEU), Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (PRIN—20223N7F8K—PNRR M4.C2.1.1); Japan: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS KAKENHI JP22H01227, JSPS KAKENHI JP22H04944, JSPS KAKENHI JP22KK0227, JSPS KAKENHI JP23KK0245); Netherlands: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO Veni 2020—VI.Veni.202.179); Norway: Research Council of Norway (RCN-314472); Poland: Ministry of Science and Higher Education (IDUB AGH, POB8, D4 no 9722), Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (PPN/PPO/2020/1/00002/U/00001), Polish National Science Centre (NCN 2021/42/E/ST2/00350, NCN OPUS nr 2022/47/B/ST2/03059, NCN UMO-2019/34/E/ST2/00393, NCN & H2020 MSCA 945339, UMO-2020/37/B/ST2/01043, UMO-2021/40/C/ST2/00187, UMO-2022/47/O/ST2/00148, UMO-2023/49/B/ST2/04085, UMO-2023/51/B/ST2/00920); Slovenia: Slovenian Research Agency (ARIS grant J1-3010); Spain: Generalitat Valenciana (Artemisa, FEDER, IDIFEDER/2018/048), Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCIN & NextGenEU PCI2022-135018-2, MICIN & FEDER PID2021-125273NB, RYC2019-028510-I, RYC2020-030254-I, RYC2021-031273-I, RYC2022-038164-I), PROMETEO and GenT Programmes Generalitat Valenciana (CIDEGENT/2019/027); Sweden: Carl Trygger Foundation (Carl Trygger Foundation CTS 22∶2312), Swedish Research Council (Swedish Research Council 2023-04654, VR 2018-00482, VR 2022-03845, VR 2022-04683, VR 2023-03403, VR grant 2021-03651), Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW 2018.0157, KAW 2018.0458, KAW 2019.0447, KAW 2022.0358); Switzerland: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF—PCEFP2_194658); United Kingdom: Leverhulme Trust (Leverhulme Trust RPG-2020-004), Royal Society (NIF-R1-231091); U.S.: U.S. Department of Energy (ECA DE-AC02-76SF00515), Neubauer Family Foundation.

FundersFunder number
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
BSF-NSF
Australian Research Council
DRAC
La Caixa Banking Foundation
BMWFW
Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
European Union, Future Artificial Intelligence Research
Cooperative Research Centres, Australian Government Department of Industry
Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society
National Science Foundation
CEA-DRF
Horizon 2020, ICSC-NextGenerationEU
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
INFN-CNAF
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Israel Science Foundation
Wallenberg Foundation
Leverhulme Trust
Baden-Württemberg Stiftung
MVZI
PROMETEO
Neubauer Family Foundation
Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation
IDUB AGH
Generalitat de Catalunya
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Austrian Science Fund
Yerevan Physics Institute
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Forskningsrådet för hälsa, arbetsliv och välfärd
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Canarie
GridKA
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Göran Gustafssons Stiftelser
European Commission
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
EU-ESF
International Council of Shopping Centers
RGC
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
PRIMUS
Institutul de Fizică Atomică
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases, Weizmann Institute of Science
GenT Programmes Generalitat Valenciana, Spain
National Science and Technology Council
Irish Rugby Football Union
Cantons of Bern and Geneva
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Defence Science Institute
MSTDI
MNE
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
Royal Society
Minerva Foundation
CERN-CZ
National Research Foundation
Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki
Generalitat Valenciana
CERN
National Research Council Canada
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Multiple Sclerosis Scientific Research Foundation
Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University
British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
UK Research and Innovation
Australian Education International, Australian Government
VetenskapsrådetVR 2018-00482, 2021-03651, VR 2022-04683, VR 2023-03403, VR 2022-03845, 2023-04654
Japan Society for the Promotion of ScienceJP23KK0245, JP22H04944, JP22H01227, JP22KK0227
European Research Council101089007, 948254
The Slovenian Research and Innovation AgencyJ1-3010
FAIR-NextGenerationEUPE00000013
Agence Nationale de la RechercheANR-20-CE31-0013, ANR-22-EDIR-0002, ANR-21-CE31-0013, ANR-21-CE31-0022
Carl Tryggers Stiftelse för Vetenskaplig ForskningCTS 22∶2312
Science and Technology Facilities CouncilST/T002816/1
H2020 European Research CouncilERC—101002463
GenT Programmes Generalitat ValencianaCIDEGENT/2019/027
Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della RicercaPRIN—20223N7F8K—PNRR M4.C2.1.1
Narodowe Centrum NaukiH2020 MSCA 945339, UMO-2022/47/O/ST2/00148, UMO-2020/37/B/ST2/01043, UMO-2023/51/B/ST2/00920, UMO-2019/34/E/ST2/00393, 2021/42/E/ST2/00350, 2022/47/B/ST2/03059, UMO-2021/40/C/ST2/00187, UMO-2023/49/B/ST2/04085
Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftDFG—469666862, DFG—CR 312/5-2
National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNSFC—12175119, 12275265, NSFC-12075060
European Regional Development FundIDIFEDER/2018/048
Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a TělovýchovyPRIMUS/21/SCI/017, CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004632
DNSRCIN2P3-CNRS
Grantová Agentura České RepublikyGACR—24-11373S
U.S. Department of EnergyECA DE-AC02-76SF00515
Norges ForskningsrådRCN-314472
Knut och Alice Wallenbergs StiftelseKAW 2022.0358, KAW 2018.0157, KAW 2018.0458, KAW 2019.0447
Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico1230987, 1230812, 1240864
Investissements d’Avenir LabexANR-11-LABX-0012
Ministerio de Ciencia e InnovaciónPID2021-125273NB, RYC2021-031273-I, RYC2022-038164-I, PCI2022-135018-2, RYC2020-030254-I, RYC2019-028510-I
MUCCACHIST-ERA-19-XAI-00
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of ChinaMOST-2023YFA1605700
Narodowa Agencja Wymiany AkademickiejPPN/PPO/2020/1/00002/U/00001
North Dakota Game and Fish DepartmentCC-IN2P3
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen ForschungRPG-2020-004, NIF-R1-231091, SNSF—PCEFP2_194658

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