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Measurement of the differential branching fraction of the decay Λ[superscript 0][subscript b] → Λμ[superscript +]μ[superscript −]

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Williams, Michael
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The differential branching fraction of the decay Λ[superscript 0][subscript b] →Λμ[superscript +]μ[superscript -] is measured as a function of the square of the dimuon invariant mass, q[superscript 2]. A yield of 78 ± 12 Λ[superscript 0][subscript b] → Λμ[superscript +]μ][superscript -] decays is observed using data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb [superscript -1], collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. A significant signal is found in the q[superscript 2] region above the square of the J/ψ mass, while at lower-q[superscript 2] values upper limits are set on the differential branching fraction. Integrating the differential branching fraction over q[superscript 2], while excluding the J/ψ and ψ(2S) regions, gives a branching fraction of B(Λ[superscript 0][subscript b] → Λμ[superscript +]μ[superscript -]) = (0.96 ± 0.16(stat)±0.13(syst)±0.21(norm))×10[superscript -6], where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic and due to the normalisation mode, Λ[superscript 0][subscript b] → J/ψΛ, respectively. © 2013 CERN.
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2013-08
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116321
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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Physics Letters B
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Elsevier BV
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Aaij, R., et al. “Measurement of the differential branching fraction of the decay Λ[superscript 0][subscript b] → Λμ[superscript +]μ[superscript −].” Physics Letters B, vol. 725, no. 1–3, Aug. 2013, pp. 25–35. © 2013 CERN
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0370-2693

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