@article{8e9010ab175346959d24d8f682a69bc2,
title = "Evidence for the Rare Decay Σ+ →pμ+μ-",
abstract = "A search for the rare decay Σ+→pμ+μ- is performed using pp collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies s=7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb-1. An excess of events is observed with respect to the background expectation, with a signal significance of 4.1 standard deviations. No significant structure is observed in the dimuon invariant mass distribution, in contrast with a previous result from the HyperCP experiment. The measured Σ+→pμ+μ- branching fraction is (2.2-1.3+1.8)×10-8, where statistical and systematic uncertainties are included, which is consistent with the standard model prediction.",
author = "R. Aaij and B. Adeva and M. Adinolfi and Z. Ajaltouni and S. Akar and J. Albrecht and F. Alessio and M. Alexander and {Alfonso Albero}, A. and S. Ali and G. Alkhazov and {Alvarez Cartelle}, P. and Alves, {A. A.} and S. Amato and S. Amerio and Y. Amhis and L. An and L. Anderlini and G. Andreassi and M. Andreotti and Andrews, {J. E.} and Appleby, {R. B.} and F. Archilli and P. D'Argent and {Arnau Romeu}, J. and A. Artamonov and M. Artuso and E. Aslanides and M. Atzeni and G. Auriemma and M. Baalouch and I. Babuschkin and S. Bachmann and Back, {J. J.} and A. Badalov and C. Baesso and S. Baker and S. Bifani and R. Calladine and G. Chatzikonstantinidis and N. Farley and P. Griffith and P. Ilten and C. Lazzeroni and A. Mazurov and L. Pescatore and D. Popov and A. Sergi and Watson, {N. K.} and Zarebski, {K. A.} and {LHCb Collaboration}",
year = "2018",
month = may,
day = "31",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.221803",
language = "English",
volume = "120",
journal = "Physical Review Letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society (APS)",
number = "22",
}