Abstract
First observations of the rare decays B+→ K+π+π-μ+μ-and B+→ φK+μ+μ-are presented using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb-1, collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8TeV. The branching fractions of the decays are B(B+→K+π+π−µ+µ−) = (4.36 +0.29−0.27 (stat) ± 0.21 (syst) ± 0.18 (norm)) × 10−7, B(B+→φK+µ+µ−) = 0.82+0.19−0.17 (stat) +0.10−0.04 (syst) ± 0.27 (norm)) × 10−7, where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and due to the uncertainty on the branching fractions of the normalisation modes. A measurement of the differential branching fraction in bins of the invariant mass squared of the dimuon system is also presented for the decay B+→ K+π+π-μ+μ-.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 64 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Journal of High Energy Physics |
Volume | 2014 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 9 Oct 2014 |
Keywords
- B physics
- Flavor physics
- Hadron-Hadron Scattering
- Rare decay
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics