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The LHCb Collaboration 2018, 'Search for the lepton-flavour violating decays B (s) 0 → e ± μ ∓', Journal of High Energy Physics, vol. 2018, no. 3, 78. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2018)078

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The LHCb Collaboration (2018). Search for the lepton-flavour violating decays B (s) 0 → e ± μ ∓. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018(3), [78]. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2018)078

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The LHCb Collaboration. Search for the lepton-flavour violating decays B (s) 0 → e ± μ ∓. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2018 Mar 1;2018(3):78. doi: 10.1007/JHEP03(2018)078

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The LHCb Collaboration. / Search for the lepton-flavour violating decays B (s) 0 → e ± μ ∓. In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2018 ; Vol. 2018, No. 3.

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title = "Search for the lepton-flavour violating decays B (s) 0 → e ± μ ∓",
abstract = "A search for the lepton-flavour violating decays Bs 0 → e±μ∓ and B0 → e±μ∓ is performed based on a sample of proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb−1, collected with the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The observed yields are consistent with the background-only hypothesis. Upper limits on the branching fraction of the Bs 0 → e±μ∓ decays are evaluated both in the hypotheses of an amplitude completely dominated by the heavy eigenstate and by the light eigenstate. The results are @@ℬ(Bs0→e)<6.3(5.4)×10−9 and @@ℬ(Bs0→e)<7.2(6.0)×10−9 at 95% (90%) confidence level, respectively. The upper limit on the branching fraction of the B0 → e±μ∓ decay is also evaluated, obtaining @@ℬ(B0→e)<1.3(1.0)×10−9 at 95% (90%) confidence level. These are the strongest limits on these decays to date.",
keywords = "B physics, Branching fraction, Flavor physics, Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments), Rare decay, MODEL",
author = "{The LHCb Collaboration} and R. Aaij and B. Adeva and M. Adinolfi and Z. Ajaltouni and S. Akar and J. Albrecht and F. Alessio and M. Alexander and {Alfonso Albero}, A. and S. Ali and G. Alkhazov and {Alvarez Cartelle}, P. and Alves, {A. A.} and S. Amato and S. Amerio and Y. Amhis and L. An and L. Anderlini and G. Andreassi and M. Andreotti and Andrews, {J. E.} and Appleby, {R. B.} and F. Archilli and P. d{\textquoteright}Argent and {Arnau Romeu}, J. and A. Artamonov and M. Artuso and E. Aslanides and M. Atzeni and G. Auriemma and M. Baalouch and I. Babuschkin and S. Bachmann and Back, {J. J.} and A. Badalov and C. Baesso and S. Baker and V. Balagura and W. Baldini and A. Baranov and Barlow, {R. J.} and C. Barschel and S. Barsuk and W. Barter and F. Baryshnikov and A. Bondar and S. Eidelman and P. Krokovny and L. Shekhtman and V. Vorobyev",
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AU - Adeva, B.

AU - Adinolfi, M.

AU - Ajaltouni, Z.

AU - Akar, S.

AU - Albrecht, J.

AU - Alessio, F.

AU - Alexander, M.

AU - Alfonso Albero, A.

AU - Ali, S.

AU - Alkhazov, G.

AU - Alvarez Cartelle, P.

AU - Alves, A. A.

AU - Amato, S.

AU - Amerio, S.

AU - Amhis, Y.

AU - An, L.

AU - Anderlini, L.

AU - Andreassi, G.

AU - Andreotti, M.

AU - Andrews, J. E.

AU - Appleby, R. B.

AU - Archilli, F.

AU - d’Argent, P.

AU - Arnau Romeu, J.

AU - Artamonov, A.

AU - Artuso, M.

AU - Aslanides, E.

AU - Atzeni, M.

AU - Auriemma, G.

AU - Baalouch, M.

AU - Babuschkin, I.

AU - Bachmann, S.

AU - Back, J. J.

AU - Badalov, A.

AU - Baesso, C.

AU - Baker, S.

AU - Balagura, V.

AU - Baldini, W.

AU - Baranov, A.

AU - Barlow, R. J.

AU - Barschel, C.

AU - Barsuk, S.

AU - Barter, W.

AU - Baryshnikov, F.

AU - Bondar, A.

AU - Eidelman, S.

AU - Krokovny, P.

AU - Shekhtman, L.

AU - Vorobyev, V.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2018, The Author(s).

PY - 2018/3/1

Y1 - 2018/3/1

N2 - A search for the lepton-flavour violating decays Bs 0 → e±μ∓ and B0 → e±μ∓ is performed based on a sample of proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb−1, collected with the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The observed yields are consistent with the background-only hypothesis. Upper limits on the branching fraction of the Bs 0 → e±μ∓ decays are evaluated both in the hypotheses of an amplitude completely dominated by the heavy eigenstate and by the light eigenstate. The results are @@ℬ(Bs0→e)<6.3(5.4)×10−9 and @@ℬ(Bs0→e)<7.2(6.0)×10−9 at 95% (90%) confidence level, respectively. The upper limit on the branching fraction of the B0 → e±μ∓ decay is also evaluated, obtaining @@ℬ(B0→e)<1.3(1.0)×10−9 at 95% (90%) confidence level. These are the strongest limits on these decays to date.

AB - A search for the lepton-flavour violating decays Bs 0 → e±μ∓ and B0 → e±μ∓ is performed based on a sample of proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb−1, collected with the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The observed yields are consistent with the background-only hypothesis. Upper limits on the branching fraction of the Bs 0 → e±μ∓ decays are evaluated both in the hypotheses of an amplitude completely dominated by the heavy eigenstate and by the light eigenstate. The results are @@ℬ(Bs0→e)<6.3(5.4)×10−9 and @@ℬ(Bs0→e)<7.2(6.0)×10−9 at 95% (90%) confidence level, respectively. The upper limit on the branching fraction of the B0 → e±μ∓ decay is also evaluated, obtaining @@ℬ(B0→e)<1.3(1.0)×10−9 at 95% (90%) confidence level. These are the strongest limits on these decays to date.

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KW - Branching fraction

KW - Flavor physics

KW - Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)

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