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Search for Majorana Neutrinos in B- -> pi(+)mu(-)mu(-) Decays

Aaij, R.
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Adeva, B.
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Adinolfi, M.
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2014
Physical Review Letters

A search for heavy Majorana neutrinos produced in the B- -> pi(+)mu(-)mu(-) decay mode is performed using 3 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity collected with the LHCb detector in pp collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV at the LHC. Neutrinos with masses in the range 250 to 5000 MeV and lifetimes from zero to 1000 ps are probed. In the absence of a signal, upper limits are set on the branching fraction B(B- -> pi(+)mu(-)mu(-)) as functions of neutrino mass and lifetime. These limits are on the order of 10(-9) for short neutrino lifetimes of 1 ps or less. Limits are also set on the coupling between the muon and a possible fourth-generation neutrino.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.131802
Web of Science ID

WOS:000334339700002

Author(s)
Aaij, R.
Adeva, B.
Adinolfi, M.
Affolder, A.
Ajaltouni, Z.
Albrecht, J.
Alessio, F.
Alexander, M.
Ali, S.
Alkhazov, G.
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Corporate authors
LHCb Collaboration
Date Issued

2014

Publisher

Amer Physical Soc

Published in
Physical Review Letters
Volume

112

Issue

13

Article Number

131802

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REVIEWED

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May 19, 2014
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