Search for Lepton flavor violation in upsilon decays

W. Love; V. Savinov; A. Lopez; S. Mehrabyan; H. Mendez; J. Ramirez; G. S. Huang; D. H. Miller; V. Pavlunin; B. Sanghi; I. P.J. Shipsey; B. Xin; G. S. Adams; M. Anderson; J. P. Cummings; I. Danko; D. Hu; B. Moziak; J. Napolitano; Q. He; J. Insler; H. Muramatsu; C. S. Park; E. H. Thorndike; F. Yang; M. Artuso; S. Blusk; N. Horwitz; S. Khalil; J. Li; N. Menaa; R. Mountain; S. Nisar; K. Randrianarivony; R. Sia; T. Skwarnicki; S. Stone; J. C. Wang; G. Bonvicini; D. Cinabro; M. Dubrovin; A. Lincoln; D. M. Asner; K. W. Edwards; P. Naik; R. A. Briere; T. Ferguson; G. Tatishvili; H. Vogel; M. E. Watkins; J. L. Rosner; N. E. Adam; J. P. Alexander; K. Berkelman; D. G. Cassel; J. E. Duboscq; R. Ehrlich; L. Fields; R. S. Galik; L. Gibbons; R. Gray; S. W. Gray; D. L. Hartill; B. K. Heltsley; D. Hertz; C. D. Jones; J. Kandaswamy; D. L. Kreinick; V. E. Kuznetsov; H. Mahlke-Krüger; D. Mohapatra; P. U.E. Onyisi; J. R. Patterson; D. Peterson; J. Pivarski; D. Riley; A. Ryd; A. J. Sadoff; H. Schwarthoff; X. Shi; S. Stroiney; W. M. Sun; T. Wilksen; S. B. Athar; R. Patel; J. Yelton; P. Rubin; C. Cawlfield; B. I. Eisenstein; I. Karliner; D. Kim; N. Lowrey; M. Selen; E. J. White; J. Wiss; R. E. Mitchell; M. R. Shepherd; D. Besson; T. K. Pedlar; D. Cronin-Hennessy; K. Y. Gao; J. Hietala; Y. Kubota; T. Klein; B. W. Lang; R. Poling; A. W. Scott; A. Smith; P. Zweber; S. Dobbs; Z. Metreveli; K. K. Seth; A. Tomaradze; K. M. Ecklund

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Search for Lepton flavor violation in upsilon decays

W. Love, V. Savinov, A. Lopez, S. Mehrabyan, H. Mendez, J. Ramirez, G. S. Huang, D. H. Miller, V. Pavlunin, B. Sanghi, I. P.J. Shipsey, B. Xin, G. S. Adams, M. Anderson, J. P. Cummings, I. Danko, D. Hu, B. Moziak, J. Napolitano, Q. HeJ. Insler, H. Muramatsu, C. S. Park, E. H. Thorndike, F. Yang, M. Artuso, S. Blusk, N. Horwitz, S. Khalil, J. Li, N. Menaa, R. Mountain, S. Nisar, K. Randrianarivony, R. Sia, T. Skwarnicki, S. Stone, J. C. Wang, G. Bonvicini, D. Cinabro, M. Dubrovin, A. Lincoln, D. M. Asner, K. W. Edwards, P. Naik, R. A. Briere, T. Ferguson, G. Tatishvili, H. Vogel, M. E. Watkins, J. L. Rosner, N. E. Adam, J. P. Alexander, K. Berkelman, D. G. Cassel, J. E. Duboscq, R. Ehrlich, L. Fields, R. S. Galik, L. Gibbons, R. Gray, S. W. Gray, D. L. Hartill, B. K. Heltsley, D. Hertz, C. D. Jones, J. Kandaswamy, D. L. Kreinick, V. E. Kuznetsov, H. Mahlke-Krüger, D. Mohapatra, P. U.E. Onyisi, J. R. Patterson, D. Peterson, J. Pivarski, D. Riley, A. Ryd, A. J. Sadoff, H. Schwarthoff, X. Shi, S. Stroiney, W. M. Sun, T. Wilksen, S. B. Athar, R. Patel, J. Yelton, P. Rubin, C. Cawlfield, B. I. Eisenstein, I. Karliner, D. Kim, N. Lowrey, M. Selen, E. J. White, J. Wiss, R. E. Mitchell, M. R. Shepherd, D. Besson, T. K. Pedlar, D. Cronin-Hennessy, K. Y. Gao, J. Hietala, Y. Kubota, T. Klein, B. W. Lang, R. Poling, A. W. Scott, A. Smith, P. Zweber, S. Dobbs, Z. Metreveli, K. K. Seth, A. Tomaradze, K. M. Ecklund

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In this Letter, we describe a search for lepton flavor violation (LFV) in the bottomonium system. We search for leptonic decays Υ(nS)→μτ (n=1, 2, and 3) using the data collected with the CLEO III detector. We identify the τ lepton using its leptonic decay ντν̄ee and utilize multidimensional likelihood fitting with probability density function shapes measured from independent data samples. We report our estimates of 95% C.L. upper limits on LFV branching fractions of Υ mesons. We interpret our results in terms of the exclusion plot for the energy scale of a hypothetical new interaction versus its effective LFV coupling in the framework of effective field theory.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	201601
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	101
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.201601
State	Published - Nov 14 2008

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Love, W., Savinov, V., Lopez, A., Mehrabyan, S., Mendez, H., Ramirez, J., Huang, G. S., Miller, D. H., Pavlunin, V., Sanghi, B., Shipsey, I. P. J., Xin, B., Adams, G. S., Anderson, M., Cummings, J. P., Danko, I., Hu, D., Moziak, B., Napolitano, J., ... Ecklund, K. M. (2008). Search for Lepton flavor violation in upsilon decays. Physical Review Letters, 101(20), Article 201601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.201601

Love, W, Savinov, V, Lopez, A, Mehrabyan, S, Mendez, H, Ramirez, J, Huang, GS, Miller, DH, Pavlunin, V, Sanghi, B, Shipsey, IPJ, Xin, B, Adams, GS, Anderson, M, Cummings, JP, Danko, I, Hu, D, Moziak, B, Napolitano, J, He, Q, Insler, J, Muramatsu, H, Park, CS, Thorndike, EH, Yang, F, Artuso, M , Blusk, S, Horwitz, N, Khalil, S, Li, J, Menaa, N, Mountain, R, Nisar, S, Randrianarivony, K, Sia, R, Skwarnicki, T, Stone, S, Wang, JC, Bonvicini, G, Cinabro, D, Dubrovin, M, Lincoln, A, Asner, DM, Edwards, KW, Naik, P, Briere, RA, Ferguson, T, Tatishvili, G, Vogel, H, Watkins, ME, Rosner, JL, Adam, NE, Alexander, JP, Berkelman, K, Cassel, DG, Duboscq, JE, Ehrlich, R, Fields, L, Galik, RS, Gibbons, L, Gray, R, Gray, SW, Hartill, DL, Heltsley, BK, Hertz, D, Jones, CD, Kandaswamy, J, Kreinick, DL, Kuznetsov, VE, Mahlke-Krüger, H, Mohapatra, D, Onyisi, PUE, Patterson, JR, Peterson, D, Pivarski, J, Riley, D, Ryd, A, Sadoff, AJ, Schwarthoff, H, Shi, X, Stroiney, S, Sun, WM, Wilksen, T, Athar, SB, Patel, R, Yelton, J, Rubin, P, Cawlfield, C, Eisenstein, BI, Karliner, I, Kim, D, Lowrey, N, Selen, M, White, EJ, Wiss, J, Mitchell, RE, Shepherd, MR, Besson, D, Pedlar, TK, Cronin-Hennessy, D, Gao, KY, Hietala, J, Kubota, Y, Klein, T, Lang, BW, Poling, R, Scott, AW, Smith, A, Zweber, P, Dobbs, S, Metreveli, Z, Seth, KK, Tomaradze, A & Ecklund, KM 2008, 'Search for Lepton flavor violation in upsilon decays', Physical Review Letters, vol. 101, no. 20, 201601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.201601

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