Study of the rare decays of Bs0                          and B0                          mesons into muon pairs using data collected during 2015 and 2016 with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration

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Study of the rare decays of B_s⁰ and B⁰ mesons into muon pairs using data collected during 2015 and 2016 with the ATLAS detector

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A study of the decays B_s⁰ → μ⁺μ⁻ and B⁰ → μ⁺μ⁻ has been performed using 26.3 fb ⁻¹ of 13 TeV LHC proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector in 2015 and 2016. Since the detector resolution in μ⁺μ⁻ invariant mass is comparable to the B_s⁰-B⁰ mass difference, a single fit determines the signal yields for both decay modes. This results in a measurement of the branching fraction ℬ(B_s⁰ → μ⁺μ⁻) = (3.2_−1.0^+1.1) × 10⁻⁹ and an upper limit ℬ (B⁰→ μ⁺μ⁻) < 4.3 × 10⁻¹⁰ at 95% confidence level. The result is combined with the Run 1 ATLAS result, yielding ℬ(B_s⁰→ μ⁺μ⁻) = (2.8_−0.7^+0.8) × 10⁻⁹ and ℬ (B⁰→ μ⁺μ⁻) < 2.1 × 10⁻¹⁰ at 95% confidence level. The combined result is consistent with the Standard Model prediction within 2.4 standard deviations in the ℬ(B⁰ → μ⁺μ⁻)−ℬ(B_s⁰→ μ⁺μ⁻) plane.

Original language	English
Article number	98
Pages (from-to)	1-46
Number of pages	47
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2019
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2019)098
Publication status	Published - Apr 2019
Externally published	Yes

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AU - Aad, G.

AU - Abbott, B.

AU - Abbott, D. C.

AU - Abdinov, O.

AU - Abeloos, B.

AU - Abhayasinghe, D. K.

AU - Abidi, S. H.

AU - AbouZeid, O. S.

AU - Abraham, N. L.

AU - Abramowicz, H.

AU - Abreu, H.

AU - Abulaiti, Y.

AU - Acharya, B. S.

AU - Adachi, S.

AU - Adam, L.

AU - Adamczyk, L.

AU - Adamek, L.

AU - Adelman, J.

AU - Adersberger, M.

AU - Adiguzel, A.

AU - Adye, T.

AU - Affolder, A. A.

AU - Afik, Y.

AU - Agheorghiesei, C.

AU - Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A.

AU - Ahmadov, F.

AU - Aielli, G.

AU - Akatsuka, S.

AU - Åkesson, T. P.A.

AU - Akilli, E.

AU - Akimov, A. V.

AU - Alberghi, G. L.

AU - Albert, J.

AU - Albicocco, P.

AU - Alconada Verzini, M. J.

AU - Alderweireldt, S.

AU - Aleksa, M.

AU - Aleksandrov, I. N.

AU - Alexa, C.

AU - Alexandre, D.

AU - Alexopoulos, T.

AU - Alhroob, M.

AU - Ali, B.

AU - Alimonti, G.

AU - Alison, J.

AU - Alkire, S. P.

AU - Allaire, C.

AU - Allbrooke, B. M.M.

AU - Allen, B. W.

AU - Allport, P. P.

AU - Aloisio, A.

AU - Alonso, A.

AU - Alonso, F.

AU - Alpigiani, C.

AU - Alshehri, A. A.

AU - Alstaty, M. I.

AU - Alvarez Gonzalez, B.

AU - Álvarez Piqueras, D.

AU - Alviggi, M. G.

AU - Amadio, B. T.

AU - Amaral Coutinho, Y.

AU - Ambler, A.

AU - Ambroz, L.

AU - Amelung, C.

AU - Amidei, D.

AU - Amor Dos Santos, S. P.

AU - Amoroso, S.

AU - Amrouche, C. S.

AU - An, F.

AU - Anastopoulos, C.

AU - Ancu, L. S.

AU - Andari, N.

AU - Andeen, T.

AU - Anders, C. F.

AU - Anders, J. K.

AU - Anderson, K. J.

AU - Andreazza, A.

AU - Andrei, V.

AU - Anelli, C. R.

AU - Angelidakis, S.

AU - Angelozzi, I.

AU - Angerami, A.

AU - Anisenkov, A. V.

AU - Annovi, A.

AU - Antel, C.

AU - Anthony, M. T.

AU - Antonelli, M.

AU - Antrim, D. J.A.

AU - Anulli, F.

AU - Aoki, M.

AU - Aparisi Pozo, J. A.

AU - Aperio Bella, L.

AU - Arabidze, G.

AU - Araque, J. P.

AU - Araujo Ferraz, V.

AU - Araujo Pereira, R.

AU - Arce, A. T.H.

AU - Ardell, R. E.

AU - Arduh, F. A.

AU - Arguin, J. F.

AU - Argyropoulos, S.

AU - Arling, J. H.

AU - Armbruster, A. J.

AU - Armitage, L. J.

AU - Armstrong, A.

AU - Arnaez, O.

AU - Arnold, H.

AU - Arratia, M.

AU - Arslan, O.

AU - Artamonov, A.

AU - Artoni, G.

AU - Artz, S.

AU - Asai, S.

AU - Asbah, N.

AU - Asimakopoulou, E. M.

AU - Asquith, L.

AU - Assamagan, K.

AU - Astalos, R.

AU - Atkin, R. J.

AU - Atkinson, M.

AU - Atlay, N. B.

AU - Augsten, K.

AU - Avolio, G.

AU - Avramidou, R.

AU - Ayoub, M. K.

AU - Azoulay, A. M.

AU - Azuelos, G.

AU - Baas, A. E.

AU - Baca, M. J.

AU - Bachacou, H.

AU - Bachas, K.

AU - Backes, M.

AU - Bagnaia, P.

AU - Bahmani, M.

AU - Bahrasemani, H.

AU - Bailey, A. J.

AU - Bailey, V. R.

AU - Baines, J. T.

AU - Bajic, M.

AU - Bakalis, C.

AU - Baker, O. K.

AU - Bakker, P. J.

AU - Bakshi Gupta, D.

AU - Balaji, S.

AU - Baldin, E. M.

AU - Balek, P.

AU - Balli, F.

AU - Balunas, W. K.

AU - Balz, J.

AU - Banas, E.

AU - Bandyopadhyay, A.

AU - Banerjee, S.

AU - Bannoura, A. A.E.

AU - Barak, L.

AU - Barbe, W. M.

AU - Barberio, E. L.

AU - Barberis, D.

AU - Barbero, M.

AU - Barillari, T.

AU - Barisits, M. S.

AU - Barkeloo, J.

AU - Barklow, T.

AU - Barnea, R.

AU - Barnes, S. L.

AU - Barnett, B. M.

AU - Barnett, R. M.

AU - Barnovska-Blenessy, Z.

AU - Baroncelli, A.

AU - Barone, G.

AU - Barr, A. J.

AU - Barranco Navarro, L.

AU - Barreiro, F.

AU - Barreiro Guimarães da Costa, J.

AU - Bartoldus, R.

AU - Barton, A. E.

AU - Bartos, P.

AU - Basalaev, A.

AU - Bassalat, A.

AU - Bates, R. L.

AU - Batista, S. J.

AU - Batlamous, S.

AU - Batley, J. R.

AU - Battaglia, M.

AU - Bauce, M.

AU - Bauer, F.

AU - Bauer, K. T.

AU - Bawa, H. S.

AU - Beacham, J. B.

AU - Beau, T.

AU - Beauchemin, P. H.

AU - Bechtle, P.

AU - Beck, H. C.

AU - Beck, H. P.

AU - Becker, K.

AU - Becker, M.

AU - Becot, C.

AU - Beddall, A. J.

AU - Bednyakov, V. A.

AU - Bedognetti, M.

AU - Bee, C. P.

AU - Beermann, T. A.

AU - Begalli, M.

AU - Begel, M.

AU - Behera, A.

AU - Behr, J. K.

AU - Beisiegel, F.

AU - Bell, A. S.

AU - Bella, G.

AU - Bellagamba, L.

AU - Bellerive, A.

AU - Bellomo, M.

AU - Bellos, P.

AU - Belotskiy, K.

AU - Belyaev, N. L.

AU - Benary, O.

AU - Benchekroun, D.

AU - Bender, M.

AU - Benekos, N.

AU - Benhammou, Y.

AU - Benhar Noccioli, E.

AU - Benitez, J.

AU - Benjamin, D. P.

AU - Benoit, M.

AU - Bensinger, J. R.

AU - Bentvelsen, S.

AU - Beresford, L.

AU - Beretta, M.

AU - Berge, D.

AU - Bergeaas Kuutmann, E.

AU - Berger, N.

AU - Bergmann, B.

AU - Bergsten, L. J.

AU - Beringer, J.

AU - Berlendis, S.

AU - Bernard, N. R.

AU - Bernardi, G.

AU - Bernius, C.

AU - Bernlochner, F. U.

AU - Berry, T.

AU - Berta, P.

AU - Bertella, C.

AU - Bertoli, G.

AU - Bertram, I. A.

AU - Besjes, G. J.

AU - Bessidskaia Bylund, O.

AU - Bessner, M.

AU - Besson, N.

AU - Shojaii, S.

N1 - Copyright the Author(s). Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.

PY - 2019/4

Y1 - 2019/4

N2 - A study of the decays Bs0 → μ+μ− and B0 → μ+μ− has been performed using 26.3 fb −1 of 13 TeV LHC proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector in 2015 and 2016. Since the detector resolution in μ+μ− invariant mass is comparable to the Bs0-B0 mass difference, a single fit determines the signal yields for both decay modes. This results in a measurement of the branching fraction ℬ(Bs0 → μ+μ−) = (3.2−1.0+1.1) × 10−9 and an upper limit ℬ (B0 → μ+μ−) < 4.3 × 10−10 at 95% confidence level. The result is combined with the Run 1 ATLAS result, yielding ℬ(Bs0 → μ+μ−) = (2.8−0.7+0.8) × 10−9 and ℬ (B0 → μ+μ−) < 2.1 × 10−10 at 95% confidence level. The combined result is consistent with the Standard Model prediction within 2.4 standard deviations in the ℬ(B0 → μ+μ−)−ℬ(Bs0 → μ+μ−) plane.

AB - A study of the decays Bs0 → μ+μ− and B0 → μ+μ− has been performed using 26.3 fb −1 of 13 TeV LHC proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector in 2015 and 2016. Since the detector resolution in μ+μ− invariant mass is comparable to the Bs0-B0 mass difference, a single fit determines the signal yields for both decay modes. This results in a measurement of the branching fraction ℬ(Bs0 → μ+μ−) = (3.2−1.0+1.1) × 10−9 and an upper limit ℬ (B0 → μ+μ−) < 4.3 × 10−10 at 95% confidence level. The result is combined with the Run 1 ATLAS result, yielding ℬ(Bs0 → μ+μ−) = (2.8−0.7+0.8) × 10−9 and ℬ (B0 → μ+μ−) < 2.1 × 10−10 at 95% confidence level. The combined result is consistent with the Standard Model prediction within 2.4 standard deviations in the ℬ(B0 → μ+μ−)−ℬ(Bs0 → μ+μ−) plane.

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