Effects of the FCNC Couplings in Production of New Heavy Quarks withinZ′Models at the LHC

Abstract

We study the flavor changing neutral current couplings of new heavy quarks through theZ′models at the LHC. We calculate the cross sections for the signal and the corresponding standard model background processes. Considering the present limits on the mass of new heavy quarks and theZ′boson, we performed an analysis to investigate the parameter space (mixing and mass) through differentZ′models. For FCNC mixing parameterx=0.1and theZ′massMZ′=2000 GeV and new heavy quark massmt′=700 GeV at the LHC withs=13 TeV, we find the cross section for single production of new heavy quarks associated with top quarks as5.8 fb,3.3 fb,1.5 fb, and1.2 fb within theZη′,Zψ′,ZLP′, andZχ′models, respectively. It is shown that the sensitivity would benefit from the flavor tagging.