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Search for the rare leptonic decays B+ -> l(+) nu(l) (l = e, mu)

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BABAR Collaboration (Including:

Aubert, B., Karyotakis, Y., Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Prencipe, E., Prudent, X., Tisserand, V., Garra Tico, J., Grauges, E., Martinelli, M. et al.

). (2009) Search for the rare leptonic decays B+ -> l(+) nu(l) (l = e, mu). Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology), Vol.79 (No.9). article no. 091101. ISSN 1550-7998

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.79.091101

Abstract

We have performed a search for the rare leptonic decays B+ -> l(+) nu(l)(l = e, mu), using data collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II storage ring. In a sample of 468 x 10(6) B (B) over bar pairs we find no evidence for a signal and set an upper limit on the branching fractions B(B+ -> mu(+)nu(mu)) < 1.0 x 10(-6) and B(B+ -> e(+) nu(e)) < 1.9 x 10(-6) at the 90% confidence level, using a Bayesian approach.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Subjects:

Q Science > QB Astronomy
Q Science > QC Physics

Divisions:

Faculty of Science > Physics

Journal or Publication Title:

Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology)

Publisher:

American Physical Society

ISSN:

1550-7998