Search for the rare decay $${{{B} ^+}} \!\rightarrow {\mu ^+} {\mu ^-} {\mu ^+} {{\upnu } _\mu } $$ B + → μ + μ - μ + ν μ
Name
10052_2019_Article_7112.pdf
Size
803.41 KB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum (MD5)
87b2c007d1d7b97547fed651d2bb3a5f
Author(s)
Aaij, R.
Beteta, C. A
Adeva, B.
Adinolfi, M.
Aidala, C. A
Ajaltouni, Z.
Akar, S.
Albicocco, P.
Albrecht, J.
Alessio, F.
Date Issued
August 13, 2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Citation
The European Physical Journal C. 2019 Aug 13;79(8):675
Version
Final published version
Abstract
Abstract
A search for the rare leptonic decay
$${{{B} ^+}} \!\rightarrow {\mu ^+} {\mu ^-} {\mu ^+} {{\upnu } _\mu } $$
B
+
→
μ
+
μ
-
μ
+
ν
μ
is performed using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of
$$4.7 \, {\hbox {fb}}^{-1}$$
4.7
fb
-
1
collected by the LHCb experiment. The search is carried out in the region where the lowest of the two
$${\mu ^+\mu ^-} $$
μ
+
μ
-
mass combinations is below
$$980 {\mathrm {\,MeV\!/}c^2} $$
980
MeV
/
c
2
. The data are consistent with the background-only hypothesis and an upper limit of
$$1.6 \times 10^{-8}$$
1.6
×
10
-
8
at 95% confidence level is set on the branching fraction in the stated kinematic region.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Terms of Use
Creative Commons Attribution
Persistent DSpace Link
DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7112-x
