Aad, G.ATLAS Collaboration,2016-10-132016-10-132012European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 2012; 72(6):2040-1-2040-191434-60441434-6052http://hdl.handle.net/2440/101797This paper presents a search for the t-channel exchange of an R-parity violating scalar top quark (˜t) in the e ± μ ∓ continuum using 2.1 fb⁻¹ of data collected by the ATLAS detector in √s = 7 TeV pp collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. Data are found to be consistent with the expectation from the Standard Model backgrounds. Limits on R-parity-violating couplings at 95 % C.L. are calculated as a function of the scalar top mass (m˜t ). The upper limits on the production cross section for pp→eμX, through the t-channel exchange of a scalar top quark, ranges from 170 fb for m˜t = 95 GeV to 30 fb for m˜t = 1000 GeV.en© CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration 2012. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are creditedATLAS CollaborationJournal article002013262710.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2040-z0003060596000192-s2.0-8486452721517521