Measurement of the B-s(0) ->mu(+)mu(-) branching fraction and search for B-0 -> mu(+)mu(-) with the CMS experiment
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Article
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Abstract
Results are presented from a search for the rare decays B-s(0) -> mu(+) mu(-) and B-0 -> mu(+) mu(-) in pp collisions at root s = 7 and 8 TeV, with data samples corresponding to integrated luminosities of 5 and 20 fb(-1), respectively, collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. An unbinned maximum-likelihood fit to the dimuon invariant mass distribution gives a branching fraction 'B(B-s(0) -> mu(+)mu(-)) = (3.0(-0.9)(+1.0)) x 10(-9), where the uncertainty includes both statistical and systematic contributions. An excess of B-s(0) -> mu(+)mu(-) events with respect to background is observed with a significance of 4.3 standard deviations. For the decay B-0 -> mu(+)mu(-) an upper limit of 'B(B-0 -> mu(+) mu(-)) < 1.1 x 10(-9) at the 95% confidence level is determined. Both results are in agreement with the expectations from the standard model.
Source :
Physical Review Letters
Date :
2013-09-06
Volume :
111
Issue :
10
Publisher :
American Physical Society
URI
http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.101804http://hdl.handle.net/10679/548
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