LHCb Collaboration (Including: Back, J. J., Craik, Daniel, Dossett, D., Gershon, T. J., Harrison, P. F., Kreps, Michal, Latham, Thomas, Pilar, T., Poluektov, Anton, Reid, Matthew M., Silva Coutinho, R., Whitehead, M. (Mark) and Williams, M. P.). (2012) First observation of the decay B+→π+μ+μ−. Journal of High Energy Physics, Volume 2012 (Number 12). Article number 125. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.161801 ISSN 1029-8479.

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Abstract

A discovery of the rare decay B + → π + μ + μ − is presented. This decay is observed for the first time, with 5.2 σ significance. The observation is made using pp collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb−1, collected with the LHCb detector. The measured branching fraction is (2.3 ± 0.6 (stat.) ± 0.1 (syst.))×10−8, and the ratio of the B + → π + μ + μ − and B + → K + μ + μ − branching fractions is measured to be 0.053 ± 0.014 (stat.) ± 0.001 (syst.).

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Hadrons -- Decay, CP violation (Nuclear physics), Proton-proton interactions, Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland)
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of High Energy Physics
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	1029-8479
Official Date:	December 2012
Dates:	Date Event December 2012 Published
Volume:	Volume 2012
Number:	Number 12
Article Number:	Article number 125
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.161801
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	26 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access:	26 December 2015
Funder:	Brazil. Coordenação do Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (Brazil) (FINEP), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Guo jia zi ran ke xue ji jin wei yuan hui (China) [National Natural Science Foundation of China] (NSFC), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) (CNRS), Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules (IN2P3), Germany. Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften [Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science], Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Istituto nazionale di fisica nucleare (INFN), Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM) [Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter], Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek [Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research] (NWO), SCSR (Poland), Autoritatea Nationala pentru Cercetare Stiintifica (ANCS), Russia (Federation). Ministerstvo obrazovanii︠a︡ i nauki [Ministry of Education and Science], Federalʹnoe agentstvo po atomnoĭ ėnergii (Russia), Spain. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN), Galicia (Spain : Region). Xunta, Catalonia (Spain), Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung [Swiss National Science Foundation] (SNSF), Switzerland. Staatssekretariat für Ausbildung und Forschung (SER), Nat︠s︡ionalʹna akademii︠a︡ nauk Ukraïny (NAS), Science and Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain) (STFC), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (NSF), Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP7), Auvergne (France)

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