@article{d6b4f3df3ec343b0a3188ce386aa5d91,
title = "First measurement of the differential branching fraction and CP asymmetry of the B± → π±μ+ μ− decay",
abstract = "The differential branching fraction with respect to the dimuon invariant mass squared, and the CP asymmetry of the B± → π±μ+μ− decay are measured for the first time. The CKM matrix elements |Vtd| and |Vts|, and the ratio |Vtd/Vts| are determined. The analysis is performed using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb−1, collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The total branching fraction and CP asymmetry of B± → π±μ+μ− decays are measured to be (Formula presented.) where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. These are the most precise measurements of these observables to date, and they are compatible with the predictions of the Standard Model.",
keywords = "B physics, Branching fraction, CP violation, Hadron-Hadron Scattering, Rare decay",
author = "{The Lhcb Collaboration} and R. Aaij and B. Adeva and M. Adinolfi and A. Affolder 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 J. Anderson and G. Andreassi and M. Andreotti and Andrews, {J. E.} and Appleby, {R. B.} and {Aquines Gutierrez}, O. and F. Archilli and P. d{\textquoteright}Argent and A. Artamonov and M. Artuso and E. Aslanides and G. Auriemma and M. Baalouch and S. Bachmann and Back, {J. J.} and A. Badalov and C. Baesso and W. Baldini and Barlow, {R. J.} and C. Barschel and S. Barsuk and W. Barter and V. Batozskaya and V. Battista and A. Bay and L. Beaucourt and J. Beddow and F. Bedeschi and S. Blusk and {Silva Coutinho}, R. and T. Skwarnicki and S. Stone",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015, The Author(s).",
year = "2015",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/JHEP10(2015)034",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "2015",
journal = "Journal of High Energy Physics",
issn = "1126-6708",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
number = "10",
}