Search for physics beyond the standard model in four- and three-top quark production

A reinterpretation of four-top quark ( t t ¯ t t ¯ ) production is presented using the full Run 2 dataset recorded by the CMS experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb − 1 . The analysis targets Beyond Standard Model (BSM) scenarios using the existing t t ¯ t t ¯ production measurement, including constraints on effective field theory (EFT) operators, top-philic heavy resonances, and the top-Yukawa coupling. The results provide competitive limits on several new physics models and demonstrate the sensitivity of multi-top final states to a wide range of BSM effects.