Branching Fraction Measurements of the Rare Bs0 →ϕμ+μ− and Bs0 → f2′ (1525)μ+μ− Decays
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Williams, Michael
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The branching fraction of the rare $B^0_s\rightarrow\phi\mu^+\mu^-$ decay is
measured using data collected by the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies
of $7$, $8$ and $13\,\rm{TeV}$, corresponding to integrated luminosities of
$1$, $2$ and $6\,{\rm fb}^{-1}$, respectively. The branching fraction is
reported in intervals of $q^2$, the square of the dimuon invariant mass. In the
$q^2$ region between $1.1$ and $6.0\,{\rm Ge\kern -0.1em V}^2\!/c^4$, the
measurement is found to lie $3.6$ standard deviations below a Standard Model
prediction based on a combination of Light Cone Sum Rule and Lattice QCD
calculations. In addition, the first observation of the rare $B^0_s\rightarrow
f_2^\prime(1525)\mu^+\mu^-$ decay is reported with a statistical significance
of nine standard deviations and its branching fraction is determined.
Date issued
2021Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsJournal
Physical Review Letters
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American Physical Society (APS)
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Williams, Michael. 2021. "Branching Fraction Measurements of the Rare Bs0 →ϕμ+μ− and Bs0 → f2′ (1525)μ+μ− Decays." Physical Review Letters, 127 (15).
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