Test of lepton universality with B 0 → K *0 ℓ + ℓ − decays

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Test of lepton universality with B ⁰ → K ^*0 ℓ ⁺ ℓ ⁻ decays. / The LHCb Collaboration.

In: Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2017, No. 8, 55, 01.08.2017.

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The LHCb Collaboration 2017, 'Test of lepton universality with B ⁰ → K ^*0 ℓ ⁺ ℓ ⁻ decays', Journal of High Energy Physics, vol. 2017, no. 8, 55. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2017)055

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The LHCb Collaboration (2017). Test of lepton universality with B ⁰ → K ^*0 ℓ ⁺ ℓ ⁻ decays. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(8), [55]. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2017)055

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The LHCb Collaboration. Test of lepton universality with B ⁰ → K ^*0 ℓ ⁺ ℓ ⁻ decays. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2017 Aug 1;2017(8):55. doi: 10.1007/JHEP08(2017)055

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The LHCb Collaboration. / Test of lepton universality with B ⁰ → K ^*0 ℓ ⁺ ℓ ⁻ decays. In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2017 ; Vol. 2017, No. 8.

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@article{f1539504dd714a9ca0685ab152795f15,

title = "Test of lepton universality with B 0 → K *0 ℓ + ℓ − decays",

abstract = "A test of lepton universality, performed by measuring the ratio of the branching fractions of the B0 → K*0μ+μ− and B0 → K*0e+e− decays, RK*0, is presented. The K*0 meson is reconstructed in the final state K+π−, which is required to have an invariant mass within 100 MeV/c2 of the known K*(892)0 mass. The analysis is performed using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 3 fb−1, collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The ratio is measured in two regions of the dilepton invariant mass squared, q2, to be (Formula presented.) The corresponding 95.4% confidence level intervals are [0.52, 0.89] and [0.53, 0.94]. The results, which represent the most precise measurements of RK*0 to date, are compatible with the Standard Model expectations at the level of 2.1–2.3 and 2.4–2.5 standard deviations in the two q2 regions, respectively.",

keywords = "B physics, Branching fraction, Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments), Rare decay, TOOL",

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 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 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 M. Baszczyk and V. Batozskaya and A. Bondar and S. Eidelman and P. Krokovny and L. Shekhtman and V. Vorobyev",

note = "We would like to thank F. Le Diberder for many interesting and helpful discussions on statistics. We express our gratitude to our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC. We thank the technical and administrative staff at the LHCb institutes. We acknowledge support from CERN and from the national agencies: CAPES, CNPq, FAPERJ and FINEP (Brazil); MOST and NSFC (China); CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG and MPG (Germany); INFN (Italy); NWO (The Netherlands); MNiSW and NCN (Poland); MEN/IFA (Romania); MinES and FASO (Russia); MinECo (Spain); SNSF and SER (Switzerland); NASU (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); NSF (U.S.A.). We acknowledge the computing resources that are provided by CERN, IN2P3 (France), KIT and DESY (Germany), INFN (Italy), SURF (The Netherlands), PIC (Spain), GridPP (United Kingdom), RRCKI and Yandex LLC (Russia), CSCS (Switzerland), IFIN-HH (Romania), CBPF (Brazil), PL-GRID (Poland) and OSC (U.S.A.). We are indebted to the communities behind the multiple open source software packages on which we depend. Individual groups or members have received support from AvH Foundation (Germany), EPLANET, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions and ERC (European Union), Conseil General de Haute-Savoie, Labex ENIGMASS and OCEVU, Region Auvergne (France), RFBR and Yandex LLC (Russia), GVA, XuntaGal and GENCAT (Spain), Herchel Smith Fund, The Royal Society, Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 and the Leverhulme Trust (United Kingdom).",

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language = "English",

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journal = "Journal of High Energy Physics",

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RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Test of lepton universality with B 0 → K *0 ℓ + ℓ − decays

AU - The LHCb Collaboration

AU - Aaij, R.

AU - Adeva, B.

AU - Adinolfi, M.

AU - Ajaltouni, Z.

AU - Akar, S.

AU - Albrecht, J.

AU - Alessio, F.

AU - Alexander, M.

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 - 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 - Baszczyk, M.

AU - Batozskaya, V.

AU - Bondar, A.

AU - Eidelman, S.

AU - Krokovny, P.

AU - Shekhtman, L.

AU - Vorobyev, V.

N1 - We would like to thank F. Le Diberder for many interesting and helpful discussions on statistics. We express our gratitude to our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC. We thank the technical and administrative staff at the LHCb institutes. We acknowledge support from CERN and from the national agencies: CAPES, CNPq, FAPERJ and FINEP (Brazil); MOST and NSFC (China); CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG and MPG (Germany); INFN (Italy); NWO (The Netherlands); MNiSW and NCN (Poland); MEN/IFA (Romania); MinES and FASO (Russia); MinECo (Spain); SNSF and SER (Switzerland); NASU (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); NSF (U.S.A.). We acknowledge the computing resources that are provided by CERN, IN2P3 (France), KIT and DESY (Germany), INFN (Italy), SURF (The Netherlands), PIC (Spain), GridPP (United Kingdom), RRCKI and Yandex LLC (Russia), CSCS (Switzerland), IFIN-HH (Romania), CBPF (Brazil), PL-GRID (Poland) and OSC (U.S.A.). We are indebted to the communities behind the multiple open source software packages on which we depend. Individual groups or members have received support from AvH Foundation (Germany), EPLANET, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions and ERC (European Union), Conseil General de Haute-Savoie, Labex ENIGMASS and OCEVU, Region Auvergne (France), RFBR and Yandex LLC (Russia), GVA, XuntaGal and GENCAT (Spain), Herchel Smith Fund, The Royal Society, Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 and the Leverhulme Trust (United Kingdom).

PY - 2017/8/1

Y1 - 2017/8/1

N2 - A test of lepton universality, performed by measuring the ratio of the branching fractions of the B0 → K*0μ+μ− and B0 → K*0e+e− decays, RK*0, is presented. The K*0 meson is reconstructed in the final state K+π−, which is required to have an invariant mass within 100 MeV/c2 of the known K*(892)0 mass. The analysis is performed using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 3 fb−1, collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The ratio is measured in two regions of the dilepton invariant mass squared, q2, to be (Formula presented.) The corresponding 95.4% confidence level intervals are [0.52, 0.89] and [0.53, 0.94]. The results, which represent the most precise measurements of RK*0 to date, are compatible with the Standard Model expectations at the level of 2.1–2.3 and 2.4–2.5 standard deviations in the two q2 regions, respectively.

AB - A test of lepton universality, performed by measuring the ratio of the branching fractions of the B0 → K*0μ+μ− and B0 → K*0e+e− decays, RK*0, is presented. The K*0 meson is reconstructed in the final state K+π−, which is required to have an invariant mass within 100 MeV/c2 of the known K*(892)0 mass. The analysis is performed using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 3 fb−1, collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The ratio is measured in two regions of the dilepton invariant mass squared, q2, to be (Formula presented.) The corresponding 95.4% confidence level intervals are [0.52, 0.89] and [0.53, 0.94]. The results, which represent the most precise measurements of RK*0 to date, are compatible with the Standard Model expectations at the level of 2.1–2.3 and 2.4–2.5 standard deviations in the two q2 regions, respectively.

KW - B physics

KW - Branching fraction

KW - Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)

KW - Rare decay

KW - TOOL

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