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Studies of Four-Top-Quark Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at the LHC With the Same-Sign Dilepton and Multilepton Final States
Studies of Four-Top-Quark Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at the LHC With the Same-Sign Dilepton and Multilepton Final States
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20250211152101
- ISBN
- 9798382739670
- DDC
- 530
- 저자명
- Tsai, Meng-Ju.
- 서명/저자
- Studies of Four-Top-Quark Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at the LHC With the Same-Sign Dilepton and Multilepton Final States
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : University of Michigan, 2024
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
- 형태사항
- 267 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-12, Section: B.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Qian, Jianming.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2024.
- 초록/해제
- 요약This dissertation presents the measurements and searches of four-top-quark (tt¯t t¯) production with same-sign dilepton and multilepton final states in proton-proton collision data collected using the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Four-top-quark production, a rare process in the Standard Model (SM) with a cross section around 12 fb at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, is one of the heaviest final states produced at the LHC, and it is naturally sensitive to beyond SM (BSM) physics. An early analysis by the ATLAS experiment (referred to as the tt¯t t¯ evidence analysis) resulted in an evidence for SM tt¯t t¯production with a significance of 4.3 standard deviations with respect to the background-only hypothesis, but the measured tt¯t t¯ cross section is twice the SM prediction. This dissertation focuses on three major topics on the tt¯t t¯production: the observation of the SM tt¯t t¯production, a search of BSM tt¯t t¯production (tt¯H/A → tt¯t t¯) predicted in the type-II Two-Higgs-Doublet Model (2HDM), and a reinterpretation analysis of BSM tt¯t t¯ search in a 2HDM+a combination analysis.The first is the observation of four-top-quark production with same-sign dilepton and multilepton final states in an integrated luminosity of 140 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected using the ATLAS detector. The analysis is based on the tt¯t t¯ evidence analysis with additional optimizations on object selection, background estimation, and a novel multivariate technique. Looser lepton identification requirements and lower jet pT criteria are employed to maximize the tt¯t t¯ signal acceptance. A new tt¯W data-driven background estimation is utilized to improve the modeling of tt¯W jet multiplicity distribution. A novel graph neural network is used to separate the signal from the background. A simultaneous fit to both signal and control regions is performed to extract the signal strength and constrain various background contributions. The tt¯t t¯ cross section is measured to be 22.5 +6.6−5.5 fb, consistent with the SM prediction of 12.0 ± 2.4 fb within 1.8 standard deviations. The corresponding observed (expected) significance of tt¯t t¯ production is found to be 6.1 (4.3) standard deviations with respect to the background-only hypothesis. Additional interpretations are explored, including limits on three-top-quark production, constraints on the Higgs-top Yukawa coupling, and effective field theory operator coefficients affecting tt¯t t¯ production.The second is the search for a new heavy scalar or pseudo-scalar Higgs boson (H/A) predicted by the type-II 2HDM. The heavy Higgs boson is produced in association with a pair of top quarks (tt¯H/A ), with the Higgs boson decaying into a pair of top quarks (H/A → tt¯), leading to tt¯t t¯ production (tt ¯H/A → tt¯t t¯). This analysis (referred to as the BSM tt¯t t¯analysis) targets same-sign dilepton and multilepton final states with data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 . The analysis is based on the tt¯t t¯ evidence analysis with improved jet and b-jet algorithms. Two classifiers using Boosted Decision Trees are utilized to discriminate the signal and backgrounds. No significant excess of events is observed over the SM prediction. The observed (expected) upper limit at 95% confidence level on the tt¯H/A cross section times the branching ratio of H/A → tt¯ ranges between 14 (10) fb and 6 (5) fb for a heavy Higgs boson mass of 400 GeV and 1000 GeV. Constraints on tan β are derived under different scenarios. Assuming only one particle, either H or A, contributes to tt¯t t¯ production, tan β values below 1.2 or 0.5 are excluded for a heavy Higgs mass of 400 GeV or 1000 GeV. Assuming both H and A particles contribute to tt¯t t¯production, tan β values below 1.6 or 0.6 are excluded for a heavy Higgs mass of 400 GeV or 1000 GeV.The third is the combination of BSM searches to constrain the parameters of type-II 2HDM with an additional pseudo-scalar (a) mediating the interaction between ordinary matter and dark matter. The tt¯t t¯ process can be produced either from an s-channel diagram through a heavy Higgs boson (H/A/a) decaying to a pair of top quarks or a t-channel diagram coupling with a heavy Higgs boson. This analysis follows the same strategy as the BSM tt¯t t¯ analysis to reinterpret with tt¯t t¯ production predicted in 2HDM+a, but uses different final discriminating distributions in the signal region. Constraints on the parameters of 2HDM+a are derived in several benchmark scenarios.
- 일반주제명
- Physics
- 일반주제명
- Particle physics
- 일반주제명
- Atomic physics
- 일반주제명
- Computational physics
- 키워드
- ATLAS experiment
- 키워드
- Four-top-quark
- 기타저자
- University of Michigan Physics
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-12B.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
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