Observation of the semileptonic decay B+→pp¯μ+νμ$$ {B}^{+}\to p\overline{p}{\mu}^{+}{\nu}_{\mu } $$
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Aaij, R.
Abellán Beteta, C.
Ackernley, T.
Adeva, B.
Adinolfi, M.
Afsharnia, H.
Aidala, C. A
Aiola, S.
Ajaltouni, Z.
Akar, S.
Date Issued
March 25, 2020
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Journal of High Energy Physics. 2020 Mar 25;2020(3):146
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Final published version
Abstract
Abstract
The Cabibbo-suppressed semileptonic decay B+→pp¯μ+νμ$$ {B}^{+}\to p\overline{p}{\mu}^{+}{\nu}_{\mu } $$ is observed for the first time using a sample of pp collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0, 2.0 and 1.7 fb−1 at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV, respectively. The differential branching fraction is measured as a function of the pp¯$$ p\overline{p} $$ invariant mass using the decay mode B+→ J/ψK+ for normalisation. The total branching fraction is measured to be
ℬ
B
+
→
p
p
¯
μ
+
ν
μ
=
5.27
−
0.24
+
0.23
±
0.21
±
0.15
×
10
−
6
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$$ \mathrm{\mathcal{B}}\left({B}^{+}\to p\overline{p}{\mu}^{+}{\nu}_{\mu}\right)=\left({5.27}_{-0.24}^{+0.23}\pm 0.21\pm 0.15\right)\times {10}^{-6}, $$
where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third is from the uncertainty on the branching fraction of the normalisation channel.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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