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Search for top quark decays t β qH, with H β Ξ³Ξ³, in s=13 TeV pp collisions using the ATLAS detector
This article presents a search for flavour-changing neutral currents in the decay of a top quark into an up-type (q = c, u) quark and a Higgs boson, where the Higgs boson decays into two photons. The proton-proton collision data set analysed amounts to 36.1 fbβ1 at s=13 TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Top quark pair events are searched for, where one top quark decays into qH and the other decays into bW . Both the hadronic and leptonic decay modes of the W boson are used. No significant excess is observed and an upper limit is set on the t β cH branching ratio of 2.2 Γ 10β3 at the 95% confidence level, while the expected limit in the absence of signal is 1.6 Γ 10β3. The corresponding limit on the tcH coupling is 0.090 at the 95% confidence level. The observed upper limit on the t β uH branching ratio is 2.4 Γ 10β3