research article
Search for the rare decays B-s(0) -> mu(+)mu(-) and B-0 -> mu(+)mu(-)
2012
A search for the decays B-s(0) -> mu(+)mu(-) and B-0 -> mu(+)mu(-) is performed with 0.37 fb(-1) of pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment in 2011. The upper limits on the branching fractions are B(B-s(0) -> mu(+)mu(-)) < 1.6 x 10(-8) and B(B-0 -> mu(+)mu(-)) < 3.6 x 10(-9) at 95% confidence level. A combination of these results with the LHCb limits obtained with the 2010 dataset leads to B(B-s(0) -> mu(+)mu(-)) < 1.4 x 10(-8) and B(B-0 -> mu(+)mu(-)) < 3.2 x 10(-9) at 95% confidence level. (C) 2012 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000301310000007
Author(s)
Aaij, R.
Abellan Beteta, C.
Adeva, B.
Adinolfi, M.
Adrover, C.
Affolder, A.
Ajaltouni, Z.
Albrect, J.
Alessio, F.
Alexander, M.
Date Issued
2012
Published in
Volume
708
Start page
55
End page
67
Subjects
Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Written at
EPFL
EPFL units
Available on Infoscience
May 4, 2012
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