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Search for Flavor-Changing Neutral Current Top Quark Decays t → Hq, with H → bb̅ , in pp Collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

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This Chapter briefly reviews the theoretical aspects most relevant to the analysis presented in this book.

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    Note that when considering the sum \(\mathcal{L}^{Matter}_{SU(3)} + \mathcal{L}^{Matter}_{SU(2) \times U(1)}\) in Eq. 1.2 the derivative \(\partial ^\mu \) must be included only once.

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Tsiskaridze, S. (2017). Introduction and Theoretical Framework. In: Search for Flavor-Changing Neutral Current Top Quark Decays t → Hq, with H → bb̅ , in pp Collisions at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS Detector. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63414-2_1

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