Top quark production through flavor violating neutral currents within the 2HDM type-III

Abstract

We explore the parameter space for processes with fermionic flavor violation within the 2HDM type III, processes of Flavor Changing Neutral Currents are present at LO as dynamics beyond the Standard Model are included. We analyze the possible Yukawa couplings beyond the SM involving the quark top, as the experimental signatures would be a clear signal to conclude about the model. The processes we analyzed are same sign top pair production at the $pp$ collisions, and single top quark production in $e p$ collisions, through DIS. To examine the scenarios that could exhibit such exotic events, we perform a scan in the parameter space to determine the observation possibilities for FCNC. We show the results considering the model parameters, coming from modified Yukawa interactions, $\vert\tilde{\chi}_{ij}^{f}\vert$ of the order one. In addition we explore the order of magnitude of possible single top production via $\mu p$, at the proposed muon-proton collider. We found scattering values for these exotic processes of up to $\mathcal{O}(10^{-2})~pb$.