First observations of the rare decays B+→ K+π+π-μ+μ-and B+→ φK+μ+μ-

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Abstract

First observations of the rare decays B+→ K+π+π-μ+μ-and B+→ φK+μ+μ-are presented using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb-1, collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8TeV. The branching fractions of the decays are (Formula Presented.) where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and due to the uncertainty on the branching fractions of the normalisation modes. A measurement of the differential branching fraction in bins of the invariant mass squared of the dimuon system is also presented for the decay B+→ K+π+π-μ+μ-.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number64
Pages (from-to)1-18
Number of pages18
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2014
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 9 2014

Keywords

  • B physics
  • Flavor physics
  • Hadron-Hadron Scattering
  • Rare decay

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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