Search for rare B0(s) → μ+μ−μ+μ− decays
A search for the decays B0s→μ+μ−μ+μ− and B0→μ+μ−μ+μ− is performed using data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb−1, collected with the LHCb detector in 2011. The number of candidates observed is consistent with the expected background and, assuming phase-space models of the decays,...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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21 May 2013
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Physical review letters
Year: 2013, Volume: 110, Issue: 21, Pages: 1-8 |
| ISSN: | 1079-7114 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.211801 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.211801 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.211801 |
| Author Notes: | R. Aaij et al. (LHCb Collaboration) |
| Summary: | A search for the decays B0s→μ+μ−μ+μ− and B0→μ+μ−μ+μ− is performed using data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb−1, collected with the LHCb detector in 2011. The number of candidates observed is consistent with the expected background and, assuming phase-space models of the decays, limits on the branching fractions are set: B(B0s→μ+μ−μ+μ−)<1.6(1.2)×10−8 and B(B0→μ+μ−μ+μ−)<6.6(5.3)×10−9 at 95% (90%) confidence level. In addition, limits are set in the context of a supersymmetric model which allows for the B0(s) meson to decay into a scalar (S) and pseudoscalar particle (P), where S and P have masses of 2.5 GeV/c and 214.3 MeV/c, respectively, both resonances decay into μ+μ−. The branching fraction limits for these decays are B(B0s→SP)<1.6(1.2)×10−8 and B(B0→SP)<6.3(5.1)×10−9 at 95% (90%) confidence level. |
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| Item Description: | Im Titel sind "0", "+" und "-" hochgestellt und "(s)" tiefgestellt LHCb Collaboration: R. Aaij, A. Adametz, O. Aquines Gutierrez, S. Bachmann, A. Bien, J. Blouw, M. Britsch, A. Di Canto, F. Dordei, C. Färber, M. Fontana, E. Gersabeck, O. Grünberg, S. Hansmann-Menzemer, T. Hartmann, A. Jaeger, K. Kreplin, G. Krocker, C. Linn, J. Marks, M. Meissner, T. Nikodem, D. Popov, M. Schmelling, P. Seyfert, S. Stahl, J. van Tilburg, U. Uwer, D. Volyanskyy, C. Voß, H. Voss, R. Waldi, S. Wandernoth, D. Wiedner, M. Zavertyaev, A. Zhelezov und weitere 586 Gesehen am 23.04.2021 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1079-7114 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.211801 |