Search for rare B(s)0→μ+μ -μ+μ- decays

R. Aaij, C. Abellan Beteta, A. Adametz, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, C. Adrover, A. Affolder, Z. Ajaltouni, J. Albrecht, F. Alessio, M. Alexander, S. Ali, G. Alkhazov, P. Alvarez Cartelle, A. A. Alves, S. Amato, Y. Amhis, L. Anderlini, J. Anderson, R. AndreassenR. B. Appleby, O. Aquines Gutierrez, F. Archilli, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, S. Bachmann, J. J. Back, C. Baesso, V. Balagura, W. Baldini, R. J. Barlow, C. Barschel, S. Barsuk, W. Barter, Th Bauer, A. Bay, J. Beddow, I. Bediaga, S. Belogurov, K. Belous, I. Belyaev, E. Ben-Haim, M. Benayoun, G. Bencivenni, S. Benson, J. Benton, A. Berezhnoy, R. Bernet, M. O. Bettler, M. Van Beuzekom, A. Bien, S. Bifani, T. Bird, A. Bizzeti, P. M. Bjørnstad, T. Blake, F. Blanc, J. Blouw, S. Blusk, A. Bobrov, V. Bocci, A. Bondar, N. Bondar, W. Bonivento, S. Borghi, A. Borgia, T. J.V. Bowcock, E. Bowen, C. Bozzi, T. Brambach, J. Van Den Brand, J. Bressieux, D. Brett, M. Britsch, T. Britton, N. H. Brook, H. Brown, I. Burducea, A. Bursche, J. Buytaert, S. Cadeddu, O. Callot, M. Calvi, M. Calvo Gomez, A. Camboni, P. Campana, A. Carbone, G. Carboni, R. Cardinale, A. Cardini, H. Carranza-Mejia, L. Carson, K. Carvalho Akiba, G. Casse, M. Cattaneo, Ch Cauet

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Abstract

A search for the decays Bs 0→μ +μ -μ +μ - and B 0→μ +μ -μ +μ - is performed using data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb -1, collected with the LHCb detector in 2011. The number of candidates observed is consistent with the expected background and, assuming phase-space models of the decays, limits on the branching fractions are set: B(Bs 0→μ +μ -μ +μ -)<1.6(1.2) ×10 -8 and B(B 0→μ +μ -μ +μ -)<6.6(5.3)×10 -9 at 95% (90%) confidence level. In addition, limits are set in the context of a supersymmetric model which allows for the B(s) 0 meson to decay into a scalar (S) and pseudoscalar particle (P), where S and P have masses of 2.5 GeV/c and 214.3 MeV/c, respectively, both resonances decay into μ +μ -. The branching fraction limits for these decays are B(Bs 0→SP)<1.6(1.2)×10 -8 and B(B 0→SP)<6.3(5.1)×10 -9 at 95% (90%) confidence level.

Original languageEnglish
Article number211801
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume110
Issue number21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 May 2013
Externally publishedYes

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  • General Physics and Astronomy

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