Search for the rare decays B→πℓ+ℓ- and B0→ηℓ+ℓ-

We present the results of a search for the rare flavor-changing neutral-current decays B→πℓ+ℓ− (π=π±, π0 and ℓ=e, μ) and B0→ηℓ+ℓ− using a sample of e+e−→Υ(4S)→B¯¯¯B decays corresponding to 428 fb−1 of integrated luminosity collected by the BABAR detector. No significant signal is observed, and we se...

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Main Authors: Lees, Jean-Pierre (Author) , Adametz, Aleksandra (Author) , Uwer, Ulrich (Author)
Corporate Author: BABAR Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 27 August 2013
In: Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology
Year: 2013, Volume: 88, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-16
ISSN:1550-2368
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.88.032012
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Author Notes:BABAR Collaboration, J.P. Lees, V. Poireau, V. Tisserand, E. Grauges, A. Palano, G. Eigen, B. Stugu, D.N. Brown, L.T. Kerth, Yu. G. Kolomensky, G. Lynch, H. Koch, T. Schroeder, C. Hearty, T.S. Mattison, J.A. McKenna, R.Y. So, A. Khan, V.E. Blinov, A.R. Buzykaev, V.P. Druzhinin, V.B. Golubev, E.A. Kravchenko, A.P. Onuchin, S.I. Serednyakov, Yu. I. Skovpen, E.P. Solodov, K. Yu. Todyshev, A.N. Yushkov, D. Kirkby, A.J. Lankford, M. Mandelkern, B. Dey, J.W. Gary, O. Long, G.M. Vitug, C. Campagnari, M. Franco Sevilla, T.M. Hong, D. Kovalskyi, J.D. Richman, C.A. West, A.M. Eisner, W.S. Lockman, A.J. Martinez, B.A. Schumm, A. Seiden, D.S. Chao, C.H. Cheng, B. Echenard, K.T. Flood, D.G. Hitlin, P. Ongmongkolkul, F.C. Porter, R. Andreassen, Z. Huard, B.T. Meadows, M.D. Sokoloff, L. Sun, P.C. Bloom, W.T. Ford, A. Gaz, U. Nauenberg, J.G. Smith, S.R. Wagner, R. Ayad, W.H. Toki, B. Spaan, K.R. Schubert, R. Schwierz, D. Bernard, M. Verderi, S. Playfer, D. Bettoni, C. Bozzi, R. Calabrese, G. Cibinetto, E. Fioravanti, I. Garzia, E. Luppi, L. Piemontese, V. Santoro, R. Baldini-Ferroli, A. Calcaterra, R. de Sangro, G. Finocchiaro, S. Martellotti, P. Patteri, I.M. Peruzzi, M. Piccolo, M. Rama, A. Zallo, R. Contri, E. Guido, M. Lo Vetere, M.R. Monge, S. Passaggio, C. Patrignani, E. Robutti, B. Bhuyan, V. Prasad, M. Morii, A. Adametz, U. Uwer, H.M. Lacker, P.D. Dauncey, U. Mallik, C. Chen, J. Cochran, W.T. Meyer, S. Prell, A.E. Rubin, A.V. Gritsan, N. Arnaud, M. Davier, D. Derkach, G. Grosdidier, F. Le Diberder, A.M. Lutz, B. Malaescu, P. Roudeau, A. Stocchi, G. Wormser, D.J. Lange, D.M. Wright, J.P. Coleman, J.R. Fry, E. Gabathuler, D.E. Hutchcroft, D.J. Payne, C. Touramanis, A.J. Bevan, F. Di Lodovico, R. Sacco, G. Cowan, J. Bougher, D.N. Brown, C.L. Davis, A.G. Denig, M. Fritsch, W. Gradl, K. Griessinger, A. Hafner, E. Prencipe, R.J. Barlow, G.D. Lafferty, E. Behn, R. Cenci, B. Hamilton, A. Jawahery, D.A. Roberts, R. Cowan, D. Dujmic, G. Sciolla, R. Cheaib, P.M. Patel, S.H. Robertson, P. Biassoni, N. Neri, F. Palombo, L. Cremaldi, R. Godang, P. Sonnek, D.J. Summers, X. Nguyen, M. Simard, P. Taras, G. De Nardo, D. Monorchio, G. Onorato, C. Sciacca, M. Martinelli, G. Raven, C.P. Jessop, J.M. LoSecco, K. Honscheid, R. Kass, J. Brau, R. Frey, N.B. Sinev, D. Strom, E. Torrence, E. Feltresi, M. Margoni, M. Morandin, M. Posocco, M. Rotondo, G. Simi, F. Simonetto, R. Stroili, S. Akar, E. Ben-Haim, M. Bomben, G.R. Bonneaud, H. Briand, G. Calderini, J. Chauveau, Ph. Leruste, G. Marchiori, J. Ocariz, S. Sitt, M. Biasini, E. Manoni, S. Pacetti, A. Rossi, C. Angelini, G. Batignani, S. Bettarini, M. Carpinelli, G. Casarosa, A. Cervelli, F. Forti, M.A. Giorgi, A. Lusiani, B. Oberhof, E. Paoloni, A. Perez, G. Rizzo, J.J. Walsh, D. Lopes Pegna, J. Olsen, A.J.S. Smith, R. Faccini, F. Ferrarotto, F. Ferroni, M. Gaspero, L. Li Gioi, G. Piredda, C. Bünger, O. Grünberg, T. Hartmann, T. Leddig, C. Voß, R. Waldi, T. Adye, E.O. Olaiya, F.F. Wilson, S. Emery, G. Hamel de Monchenault, G. Vasseur, Ch. Yèche, F. Anulli, D. Aston, D.J. Bard, J.F. Benitez, C. Cartaro, M.R. Convery, J. Dorfan, G.P. Dubois-Felsmann, W. Dunwoodie, M. Ebert, R.C. Field, B.G. Fulsom, A.M. Gabareen, M.T. Graham, C. Hast, W.R. Innes, P. Kim, M.L. Kocian, D.W.G.S. Leith, P. Lewis, D. Lindemann, B. Lindquist, S. Luitz, V. Luth, H.L. Lynch, D.B. MacFarlane, D.R. Muller, H. Neal, S. Nelson, M. Perl, T. Pulliam, B.N. Ratcliff, A. Roodman, A.A. Salnikov, R.H. Schindler, A. Snyder, D. Su, M.K. Sullivan, J. Va’vra, A.P. Wagner, W.F. Wang, W.J. Wisniewski, M. Wittgen, D.H. Wright, H.W. Wulsin, V. Ziegler, W. Park, M.V. Purohit, R.M. White, J.R. Wilson, A. Randle-Conde, S.J. Sekula, M. Bellis, P.R. Burchat, T.S. Miyashita, E.M.T. Puccio, M.S. Alam, J.A. Ernst, R. Gorodeisky, N. Guttman, D.R. Peimer, A. Soffer, S.M. Spanier, J.L. Ritchie, A.M. Ruland, R.F. Schwitters, B.C. Wray, J.M. Izen, X.C. Lou, F. Bianchi, F. De Mori, A. Filippi, D. Gamba, S. Zambito, L. Lanceri, L. Vitale, F. Martinez-Vidal, A. Oyanguren, P. Villanueva-Perez, H. Ahmed, J. Albert, Sw. Banerjee, F.U. Bernlochner, H.H.F. Choi, G.J. King, R. Kowalewski, M.J. Lewczuk, T. Lueck, I.M. Nugent, J.M. Roney, R.J. Sobie, N. Tasneem, T.J. Gershon, P.F. Harrison, T.E. Latham, H.R. Band, S. Dasu, Y. Pan, R. Prepost, and S.L. Wu
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Summary:We present the results of a search for the rare flavor-changing neutral-current decays B→πℓ+ℓ− (π=π±, π0 and ℓ=e, μ) and B0→ηℓ+ℓ− using a sample of e+e−→Υ(4S)→B¯¯¯B decays corresponding to 428 fb−1 of integrated luminosity collected by the BABAR detector. No significant signal is observed, and we set an upper limit on the isospin and lepton-flavor averaged branching fraction of B(B→πℓ+ℓ−)<5.9×10−8 and a lepton-flavor averaged upper limit of B(B0→ηℓ+ℓ−)<6.4×10−8, both at the 90% confidence level. We also report 90% confidence level branching fraction upper limits for the individual modes B+→π+e+e−, B0→π0e+e−, B+→π+μ+μ−, B0→π0μ+μ−, B0→ηe+e−, and B0→ημ+μ−.
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ISSN:1550-2368
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.88.032012