Search for Rare B 0 ( s ) → μ + μ − μ + μ − Decays

A search for the decays B 0 s → μ + μ − μ + μ − and B 0 → 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-...

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Autores: Calvo Gómez, Míriam, Camboni, Alessandro, Vilasís Cardona, Xavier, LHCb Collaboration - CERN
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:20.500.14342/3472
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/3472
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.211801
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gran col·lisionador d'hadrons (França i Suïssa)
Interaccions d'hadrons
Partícules (Física nuclear)
Col·lisions (Física nuclear)
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Sumario:A search for the decays B 0 s → μ + μ − μ + μ − and B 0 → 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 ( B 0 s → μ + μ − μ + μ − ) < 1.6 ( 1.2 ) × 10 − 8 and B ( B 0 → 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 B 0 ( 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 ( B 0 s → S P ) < 1.6 ( 1.2 ) × 10 − 8 and B ( B 0 → S P ) < 6.3 ( 5.1 ) × 10 − 9 at 95% (90%) confidence level.