| HAL : in2p3-00751272, version 1 |
| arXiv : 1211.2674 |
| DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.021801 |
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| Physical Review Letters 110 (2013) 021801 |
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| First evidence for the decay Bs -> mu+ mu- |
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| A search for the rare decays Bs->mu+mu- and B0->mu+mu- is performed using data collected in 2011 and 2012 with the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. The data samples comprise 1.1 fb^-1 of proton-proton collisions at sqrt{s} = 8 TeV and 1.0 fb^-1 at sqrt{s}=7 TeV. We observe an excess of Bs -> mu+ mu- candidates with respect to the background expectation. The probability that the background could produce such an excess or larger is 5.3 x 10^-4 corresponding to a signal significance of 3.5 standard deviations. A maximum-likelihood fit gives a branching fraction of BR(Bs -> mu+ mu-) = (3.2^{+1.5}_{-1.2}) x 10^-9, where the statistical uncertainty is 95% of the total uncertainty. This result is in agreement with the Standard Model expectation. The observed number of B0 -> mu+ mu- candidates is consistent with the background expectation, giving an upper limit of BR(B0 -> mu+ mu-) < 9.4 x 10^-10 at 95% confidence level. |
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| Thème(s) | : | Physique/Physique des Hautes Energies - Expérience |
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| Contributeur : Françoise Marechal | |
| Soumis le : Mardi 13 Novembre 2012, 10:19:42 | |
| Dernière modification le : Lundi 14 Janvier 2013, 11:30:09 | |