research article
Searches for Majorana neutrinos in B- decays
Searches for heavy Majorana neutrinos in B- decays in final states containing hadrons plus a mu(-) mu(-) pair have been performed using 0.41 fb(-1) of data collected with the LHCb detector in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The D+ mu(-) mu(-) and D*+ mu(-) mu(-) final states can arise from the presence of virtual Majorana neutrinos of any mass. Other final states containing pi(+), D-s(+), or D-0 pi(+) can be mediated by an on-shell Majorana neutrino. No signals are found and upper limits are set on Majorana neutrino production as a function of mass, and also on the B- decay branching fractions.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000305090700001
Author(s)
Aaij, R.
Abellan Beteta, C.
Adeva, B.
Adinolfi, M.
Adrover, C.
Affolder, A.
Ajaltouni, Z.
Albrecht, J.
Alessio, F.
Alexander, M.
Date Issued
2012
Publisher
Published in
Volume
85
Issue
11
Article Number
112004
Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Written at
EPFL
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Available on Infoscience
July 13, 2012
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