Differential branching fraction and angular analysis of the decay $ B_s^0 $ → ϕμ + μ −

Aaij, R. et al. (2013) Differential branching fraction and angular analysis of the decay $ B_s^0 $ → ϕμ + μ −. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013(7), 084. (doi: 10.1007/JHEP07(2013)084)

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Abstract

The determination of the differential branching fraction and the first angular analysis of the decay B0s → ϕμ + μ − are presented using data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb−1, collected by the LHCb experiment at s√=7 TeV. The differential branching fraction is determined in bins of q 2, the invariant dimuon mass squared. Integration over the full q 2 range yields a total branching fraction of B(B0s→ϕμ+μ−)=(7.07+0.64−0.59±0.71±0.71) × 10−7, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third originates from the branching fraction of the normalisation channel. An angular analysis is performed to determine the angular observables F L, S 3, A 6, and A 9. The observables are consistent with Standard Model expectations.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Pappagallo, Dr Marco and Alexander, Dr Michael and Spradlin, Dr Patrick and Rodrigues, Dr Eduardo and Soler, Professor Paul and Borghi, Dr Silvia and Eklund, Prof Lars
Authors: Aaij, R., Abellan Beteta, C., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Adrover, C., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A.A., Amato, S., Amerio, S., Amhis, Y., Anderlini, L., Anderson, J., Andreassen, R., Appleby, R.B., Aquines Gutierrez, O., Archilli, F., Artamonov, A., Artuso, M., Aslanides, E., Auriemma, G., Bachmann, S., Back, J.J., Baesso, C., Balagura, V., Baldini, W., Barlow, R.J., Barschel, C., Barsuk, S., Barter, W., Bauer, T., Bay, A., Beddow, J., Bedeschi, F., Bediaga, I., Belogurov, S., Belous, K., Belyaev, I., Ben-Haim, E., Bencivenni, G., Benson, S., Benton, J., Berezhnoy, A., Bernet, R., Bettler, M.-O., Beuzekom, M., Bien, A., Bifani, S., Bird, T., Bizzeti, A., Bjørnstad, P. M., Blake, T., Blanc, F., Blouw, J., Blusk, S., Bocci, V., Bondar, A., Bondar, N., Bonivento, W., Borghi, S., Borgia, A., Bowcock, T.J.V., Bowen, E., Bozzi, C., Brambach, T., Brand, J., Bressieux, J., Brett, D., Britsch, M., Britton, T., Brook, N.H., Brown, H., Burducea, I., Bursche, A., Busetto, G., Buytaert, J., Cadeddu, S., Callot, O., Calvi, M., Calvo Gomez, M., Camboni, A., Campana, P., Campora Perez, D., Carbone, A., Carboni, G., Cardinale, R., Cardini, A., Carranza-Mejia, H., Carson, L., Carvalho Akiba, K., Casse, G., Castillo Garcia, L., Cattaneo, M., Cauet, C., Charles, M., Charpentier, P., Chen, P., Chiapolini, N., Chrzaszcz, M., Ciba, K., Cid Vidal, X., Ciezarek, G., Clarke, P.E.L., Clemencic, M., Cliff, H.V., Closier, J., Coca, C., Coco, V., Cogan, J., Cogneras, E., Collins, P., Comerma-Montells, A., Contu, A., Cook, A., Coombes, M., Coquereau, S., Corti, G., Couturier, B., Cowan, G.A., Craik, D.C., Cunliffe, S., Currie, R., D’Ambrosio, C., David, P., David, P.N.Y., Davis, A., Bonis, I., Bruyn, K., Capua, S., Cian, M., Miranda, J.M., Paula, L., Silva, W., Simone, P., Decamp, D., Deckenhoff, M., Buono, L., Déléage, N., Derkach, D., Deschamps, O., Dettori, F., Canto, A., Ruscio, F., Dijkstra, H., Dogaru, M., Donleavy, S., Dordei, F., Dosil Suárez, A., Dossett, D., Dovbnya, A., Dupertuis, F., Dzhelyadin, R., Dziurda, A., Dzyuba, A., Easo, S., Egede, U., Egorychev, V., Eidelman, S., Eijk, D., Eisenhardt, S., Eitschberger, U., Ekelhof, R., Eklund, L., Rifai, I., Elsasser, C., Elsby, D., Falabella, A., Färber, C., Fardell, G., Farinelli, C., Farry, S., Fave, V., Ferguson, D., Fernandez Albor, V., Ferreira Rodrigues, F., Ferro-Luzzi, M., Filippov, S., Fiore, M., Fitzpatrick, C., Fontana, M., Fontanelli, F., Forty, R., Francisco, O., Frank, M., Frei, C., Frosini, M., Furcas, S., Furfaro, E., Gallas Torreira, A., Galli, D., Gandelman, M., Gandini, P., Gao, Y., Garofoli, J., Garosi, P., Garra Tico, J., Garrido, L., Gaspar, C., Gauld, R., Gersabeck, E., Gersabeck, M., Gershon, T., Ghez, P., Gibson, V., Gligorov, V.V., Göbel, C., Golubkov, D., Golutvin, A., Gomes, A., Gordon, H., Grabalosa Gándara, M., Graciani Diaz, R., Granado Cardoso, L.A., Graugés, E., Graziani, G., Grecu, A., Greening, E., Gregson, S., Griffith, P., Grünberg, O., Gui, B., Gushchin, E., Guz, Y., Gys, T., Hadjivasiliou, C., Haefeli, G., Haen, C., Haines, S.C., Hall, S., Hampson, T., Hansmann-Menzemer, S., Harnew, N., Harnew, S. 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College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
Journal Name:Journal of High Energy Physics
Publisher:Springer Berlin Heidelberg
ISSN:1029-8479
ISSN (Online):1029-8479
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2013 CERN, for the benefit of the LHCb collaboration
First Published:First published in Journal of High Energy Physics 2013(7):084
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