Measurement of the B[0 over s] → μ[superscript +]μ[superscript -] Branching Fraction and Search for B[superscript 0] → μ[superscript +]μ[superscript -] with the CMS Experiment
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Apyan, Aram; Busza, Wit; Cali, Ivan Amos; Chan, M.; Di Matteo, Leonardo; Gomez-Ceballos, Guillelmo; Goncharov, Maxim; Gulhan, Doga Can; Kim, Y.; Klute, Markus; Lai, Yue Shi; Ma, Teng; Nahn, Steven; Paus, Christoph M. E.; Ralph, Duncan Kelley; Stephans, George S. F.; Velicanu, Dragos Alexandru; Wyslouch, Boleslaw; Yilmaz, Yetkin; Zanetti, Marco; Dutta, Valentina; Luckey Jr, P David; Roland, Gunther M; Stoeckli, Fabian; Bauer, Gerry P; Levin, Andrew Michael; Roland, Christof E; Sumorok, Konstanty C; Wolf, Roger; Yang, Mingming; Yoon, A. S.; Wyslouch, Victoria; ... Show more Show less
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Results are presented from a search for the rare decays B[0 over s] → μ[superscript +]μ[superscript -] and B[superscript 0] → μ[superscript +]μ[superscript -] in pp collisions at √s = 7 and 8 TeV, with data samples corresponding to integrated luminosities of 5 and 20 fb[superscript −1], respectively, collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. An unbinned maximum-likelihood fit to the dimuon invariant mass distribution gives a branching fraction B(B[0 over s] → μ[superscript +]μ[superscript -]) = (3.0[+1.0 over −0.9]) × 10[superscript −9], where the uncertainty includes both statistical and systematic contributions. An excess of B[0 over s] → μ[superscript +]μ[superscript -] events with respect to background is observed with a significance of 4.3 standard deviations. For the decay B[superscript 0] → μ[superscript +]μ[superscript -] an upper limit of B(B[superscript 0] → μ[superscript +]μ[superscript -]) < 1.1 × 10[superscript −9] at the 95% confidence level is determined. Both results are in agreement with the expectations from the standard model.
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2013-09Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of ScienceJournal
Physical Review Letters
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American Physical Society
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Chatrchyan, S., V. Khachatryan, A. M. Sirunyan, A. Tumasyan, W. Adam, T. Bergauer, M. Dragicevic, et al. “Measurement of the B[0 over s] → μ[superscript +]μ[superscript -] Branching Fraction and Search for B[superscript 0] → μ[superscript +]μ[superscript -] with the CMS Experiment.” Physical Review Letters 111, no. 10 (September 2013). © 2013 CERN, for the CMS Collaboration
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0031-9007
1079-7114