Searching for the Vector-Like Top Quark T at the Future Linac-Ring-Type ep Collider

The little-Higgs models typically contain a new vector-like top quark T, which plays a key role in breaking the electroweak symmetry. In the context of the littlest Higgs (LH) model, we study single production of this kind of new particles via the process ep→eb→v_eT in the future linac-ring-type ep collider (LC⊕LHC). We find that the production cross section is in the range of 1.2×10^-4-0.48pb at the LC⊕LHC with √s=3.7TeV.