dc.contributor.advisor | Kao, Chung | |
dc.contributor.author | McCoy, Brent | |
dc.contributor.author | McCoy, Phillip (legal first name) | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-01T14:37:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-08-01T14:37:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-08 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11244/51863 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this dissertation I present studies of flavor-changing neutral Higgs interactions
in a general Two Higgs Doublet Model. I focus on the analytic calculation of
φ → tc and φ → τ μ where φ = h0 , H0 , A0 . In the case of the tc state we look
at production from heavy Higgs states, H0 and A0 , associated production with a
top from charmed initial states, and associated production of a Higgs with a charm
from a tt̄ intermediate state. In the τ μ channel we only consider τ μ production
from the light, or Standard Model-like, Higgs boson, h0 , and the heavy Higgs
states. In all cases I present calculated discovery potentials for finding these rare,
beyond Standard Model decays at the Large Hadron Collider for the 13 TeV and
14 TeV data sets with integrated luminosities of 30, 300, and 3000 fb −1 . | en_US |
dc.language | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | Higgs Boson | en_US |
dc.subject | Two Higgs Doublet Model | en_US |
dc.subject | Flavor Changing Neutral Currents | en_US |
dc.subject | Beyond the Standard Model Physics | en_US |
dc.title | Flavor Changing Neutral Currents in a General Two Higgs Doublet Model: Using an Extended Sector to Search for New Physics | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Kornelson, Keri | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Baer, Howard | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Kantowski, Ronald | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Sellers, Ian | |
dc.date.manuscript | 2017-07 | |
dc.thesis.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
ou.group | College of Arts and Sciences::Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy | en_US |
shareok.orcid | 0000-0002-6137-9507 | en_US |