Search for B0 s → μ+ μ- And B0 → μ+ μ- Decays


Chatrchyan S., Khachatryan V., Sirunyan A., Tumasyan A., Adam W., Bergauer T., ...More

Journal of High Energy Physics, vol.2012, no.4, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 2012 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/jhep04(2012)033
  • Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Hadron-Hadron Scattering
  • Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A search for the rare decays B0 s → μ+μ- and B0 → μ+ μ- is performed in pp collisions at ps = 7TeV, 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(B0 s → μ+ μ-) < 7:7 × 10-9 and B(B0 → μ+μ-) < 1:8 × 10-9 at 95% confidence level.