  The Madala hypothesis is the prediction of a new heavy scalar, the Madala
boson, that has had previous success in explaining several anomalies in LHC Run
1 and 2 data. In the literature, the Madala boson has so far primarily been
discussed in the context of its dominant production mode, gluon fusion.
However, it can be shown that a study of its production in association with top
quarks can provide us with crucial information about the model, as well as
explain the enhancement of top associates Higgs production that has been
observed in the data -- most notably in leptonic channels. For this study,
Monte Carlo events have been produced and passed through a detector simulation.
These events are then run through an event selection designed by a CMS search
for a single top quark in association with a Higgs boson. A fit is made to the
CMS data, yielding a parameter constraint on the Madala hypothesis. With the
Madala hypothesis prediction, an effective signal strength is calculated and
compared with the observed values.

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