Search for the rare decays B0 → J/ψγ and B0s → J/ψγ

LHCb Collaboration; R. Aaij; C. Abellán Beteta; B. Adeva; M. Adinolfi; A. Affolder; Z. Ajaltouni; S. Akar; J. Albrecht; F. Alessio; M. Alexander; S. Ali; G. Alkhazov; P. Alvarez Cartelle; A. A. Alves; S. Amato; S. Amerio; Y. Amhis; L. An; L. Anderlini; J. Anderson; G. Andreassi; M. Andreotti; J. E. Andrews; R. B. Appleby; O. Aquines Gutierrez; F. Archilli; P. D'Argent; A. Artamonov; M. Artuso; E. Aslanides; G. Auriemma; M. Baalouch; S. Bachmann; J. J. Back; A. Badalov; C. Baesso; W. Baldini; R. J. Barlow; C. Barschel; S. Bifani; N. Farley; P. Griffith; P. Ilten; I. R. Kenyon; C. Lazzeroni; A. Mazurov; J. McCarthy; L. Pescatore; D. Popov; N. K. Watson

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.92.112002

Search for the rare decays B⁰ → J/ψγ and B⁰_s → J/ψγ

LHCb Collaboration, R. Aaij, C. Abellán Beteta, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, A. Affolder, Z. Ajaltouni, S. Akar, J. Albrecht, F. Alessio, M. Alexander, S. Ali, G. Alkhazov, P. Alvarez Cartelle, A. A. Alves, S. Amato, S. Amerio, Y. Amhis, L. An, L. AnderliniJ. Anderson, G. Andreassi, M. Andreotti, J. E. Andrews, R. B. Appleby, O. Aquines Gutierrez, F. Archilli, P. D'Argent, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, M. Baalouch, S. Bachmann, J. J. Back, A. Badalov, C. Baesso, W. Baldini, R. J. Barlow, C. Barschel, S. Bifani, N. Farley, P. Griffith, P. Ilten, I. R. Kenyon, C. Lazzeroni, A. Mazurov, J. McCarthy, L. Pescatore, D. Popov, N. K. Watson

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A search for the rare decay of a B⁰ or B⁰_s meson into the final state J/ψγ is performed, using data collected by the LHCb experiment in pp collisions at √s=7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb^-1. The observed number of signal candidates is consistent with a background-only hypothesis. Branching fraction values larger than 1.5×10^-6 for the B⁰→J/ψγ decay mode are excluded at 90% confidence level. For the B⁰_s→J/ψγ decay mode, branching fraction values larger than 7.3×10^-6 are excluded at 90% confidence level; this is the first branching fraction limit for this decay.

Original language	English
Article number	112002
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	92
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.112002
Publication status	Published - 7 Dec 2015

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LHCb Collaboration, Aaij, R., Abellán Beteta, C., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A. A., Amato, S., Amerio, S., Amhis, Y., An, L., ... Watson, N. K. (2015). Search for the rare decays B⁰ → J/ψγ and B⁰_s → J/ψγ. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 92(11), Article 112002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.112002

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Search for the rare decays B0 → J/ψγ and B0s → J/ψγ

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