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Physique/Physique des Hautes Energies - Expérience
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| Titre : |
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First observation of the decay $B^{+} \rightarrow \pi^{+} \mu^{+} \mu^{-}$ |
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| Auteur : |
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R. Aaij, S. Barsuk1, O. Callot1, J. He1, B. Jean-Marie1, J. Lefrançois1, F. Machefert1, A. Martin Sanchez1, M. Nicol1, P. Robbe1, M.-H. Schune1, B. Viaud1, I. Videau1, E. Ben-Haim2, M. Benayoun2, P. David2, L. Del Buono2, A. Martens2, Z. Ajaltouni3, E. Cogneras3, O. Deschamps3, I. El Rifai3, P. Henrard3, M. Hoballah3, M. Jahjah Hussein3, R. Lefèvre3, L. Li Gioi3, S. Monteil3, V. Niess3, P. Perret3, D. Roa Romero3, K. Sobczak3, C. Adrover4, E. Aslanides4, J. Cogan4, R. Legac4, O. Leroy4, G. Mancinelli4, E. Maurice4, M. Perrin-Terrin4, M. Sapunov4, J. Serrano4, A. Tsaregorodtsev4, I. De Bonis5, D. Decamp5, Ph. Ghez5, P. Hopchev5, J.-P. Lees5, I.V. Machikhiliyan5, M.-N. Minard5, B. Pietrzyk5, S. T'Jampens5, V. Tisserand5, E. Tournefier5 |
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| Résumé : |
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A discovery of the rare decay $B^{+} \rightarrow \pi^{+} \mu^{+} \mu^{-}$ is presented. This decay is observed for the first time, with 5.2 $\sigma$ 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 $\pm$ 0.6 (stat.) $\pm$ 0.1 (syst.))$\times 10^{-8}$, and the ratio of the $B^{+} \rightarrow \pi^{+} \mu^{+} \mu^{-}$ and $B^{+} \rightarrow \K^{+} \mu^{+} \mu^{-}$ branching fractions is measured to be 0.053 $\pm$ 0.014 (stat.) $\pm$ 0.001 (syst.). |
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LHCb |
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Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture |
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Date de publication ou d'écriture : |
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2012 |
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| Nom du périodique : |
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| Journal of High Energy Physics |
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Institute of Physics (IOP) |
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1126-6708 (eISSN : 1029-8479) |
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12 |
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125 |
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| Identifiant local : |
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LHCB-PAPER-2012-020; CERN-PH-EP-2012-284 |
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| Commentaire : |
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20 pages (including author list), 8 figures - See paper for full list of authors |
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