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Division of High Energy Physics, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki and Helsinki Institute of Physics, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland.
Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Nov 7;101(19):192002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.192002.
We report a search for the flavor-changing neutral-current decay of the top quark t-->Zq (q=u, c) in pp collisions at sqrt[s]=1.96 TeV using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.9 fb(-1) collected by the CDF II detector. This decay is strongly suppressed in the standard model and an observation of a signal at the Fermilab Tevatron would be an indication of physics beyond the standard model. Using Z+ > or = 4 jet final state candidate events, with and without an identified bottom quark jet, we obtain an upper limit of B(t-->Zq) < 3.7% at 95% C.L.
我们报告了一项在(\sqrt{s}=1.96) TeV的质子-质子碰撞中,利用CDF II探测器收集的对应于1.9 fb(^{-1})积分亮度的数据样本,寻找顶夸克(t\rightarrow Zq)((q = u),(c))味变中性流衰变的研究。这种衰变在标准模型中受到强烈抑制,在费米实验室的Tevatron对信号的观测将表明超出标准模型的物理现象。利用有和没有识别出的底夸克喷注的(Z+\geq4)喷注末态候选事件,我们在95%置信水平下得到(B(t\rightarrow Zq)<3.7%)的上限。