Measurement of the isospin asymmetry in B -> K-(*)mu(+)mu(-) decays
The isospin asymmetries of B -> K-()mu(+)mu(-) decays and the partial branching fractions of B-0 -> K-0 mu(+)mu(-) and B+ -> K+mu(+)mu(-) are measured as a function of the di-muon mass squared q(2) using an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb(-1) collected with the LHCb detector. The B -> K mu(+)mu(-) isospin asymmetry integrated over q(2) is negative, deviating from zero with over 4 sigma significance. The B -> Kmu(+)mu(-) decay measurements are consistent with the Standard Model prediction of negligible isospin asymmetry. The observation of the decay B0 -> K-s(0)mu(+)mu(-) is reported with 5.7 sigma significance. Assuming that the branching fraction of B-0 -> K-0 mu(+)mu(-) is twice that of B-0 -> K-s(0)mu(+)mu(-), the branching fractions of B-0 -> K-0 mu(+)mu(-) and B -> K(+)mu(+)mu(-) it are found to be (0.31(-0.06)(+0.07)) x 10(-6) and (1.16 +/- 0.19) x 10(-6), respectively.
Cite this item
Aaij, R., Collaboration, L., Abellan Beteta, C., Adametz, A., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Adrover, C., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A. A. Jr., Amato, S., Amhis, Y., Anderson, J., et al. (2012). Measurement of the isospin asymmetry in B -> K-(*)mu(+)mu(-) decays. Journal of High Energy Physics, (7). https://doi.org/10.1007/Jhep07(2012)133
Click Copy to copy the citation, or select the text manually.
WOS:000307299800011
2012
7
133
REVIEWED
EPFL