Search for B_s⁰ → μ + μ − and B0 → μ + μ − decays

2012/03/31 by S. Chatrchyan, CMS Collaboration, V. Khachatryan +98 · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ex

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/jhep04(2012)033

published as JHEP 04 (2012) 033 · Submitted to the Journal of High Energy Physics

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Abstract

A bstract A search for the rare decays B_s⁰ → μ + μ − and B 0 → μ + μ − is performed in pp collisions at √ s = 7 TeV , with a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5 fb −1 collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. In both decays, the number of events observed after all selection requirements is consistent with the expectation from background plus standard model signal predictions. The resulting upper limits on the branching fractions are B( B_s⁰ → μ ⁺ μ ^- ) < 7.7 × 10^ - 9 and B( B⁰ → μ ⁺ μ ^- ) < 1.8 × 10^ - 9 at 95% confidence level.

Citations

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