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Search for the rare decays Bs0→μ+μ- and B 0→μ +μ -

  • R. Aaij
    ,
  • C. Abellan Beteta
    ,
  • B. Adeva
    ,
  • M. Adinolfi
    ,
  • C. Adrover
    ,
  • A. Affolder
  • National Institute for Subatomic Physics
    ,
  • University of Barcelona
    ,
  • University of Santiago de Compostela
    ,
  • University of Bristol
    ,
  • CNRS
    ,
  • University of Liverpool
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88

Abstract

A search for the decays Bs0→μ+μ- and B 0→μ +μ - is performed with 0.37 fb -1 of pp collisions at s=7 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment in 2011. The upper limits on the branching fractions are B(Bs0→μ+μ-)<1.6×10-8 and B(B0→μ+μ-)<3.6×10-9 at 95% confidence level. A combination of these results with the LHCb limits obtained with the 2010 dataset leads to B(Bs0→μ+μ-)<1.4×10-8 and B(B0→μ+μ-)<3.2×10-9 at 95% confidence level.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output:
Contribution to journal
Article
Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 55-67 (13 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics (Volume 708, Issue 1-2)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 14/02/2012

Publication status

Published - 14/02/2012

ISSN

0370-2693

Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 84862777966
  • WOS: 000301310000007

Funding Details

FundersFunding numbers
FOM
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SCSR
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NSF
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IN2P3
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FAPERJ
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FP7
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NWO
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MICINN
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ERC
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INFN
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FINEP
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MinES of Russia and Rosatom
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CNRS
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BMBF
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HGF
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CNPq
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CAPES
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DFG
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SFI
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ANCS
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SER
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Region Auvergne
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CERN
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NAS Ukraine
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NSFC
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STFC
ST/L001195/1, ST/H001069/2, PP/E000347/1, ST/H001085/2, ST/K001256/1, ST/K001361/1, ST/J005614/1, GRIDPP, ST/G502412/1, ST/K001310/1, ST/K001604/1, ST/F008015/1, ST/G005974/1, LHCb, ST/H00100X/1, ST/L001144/1, ST/K00073X/1, ST/H00100X/2, ST/K000705/1, ST/K004646/1, PP/E002722/1, PP/E000355/1, ST/H006737/1, ST/M001431/1, ST/H001093/2, ST/K001418/1, ST/M001474/1, ST/K00140X/1, ST/H001093/1, LHCb Upgrades, ST/I002839/1, ST/K000616/1, ST/L001225/1, ST/I505572/1, ST/J004820/1, ST/F007094/1, ST/L003392/1
STFC
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SNF
127479
SNF
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