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Title: | Differential branching fraction and angular analysis of Λ {/b 0} → Λμ + μ - decays |
Author: | LHCb collaboration Badalov, Alexey Casanova Mohr, Raimon Garrido Beltrán, Lluís Gascón Fora, David Graciani Díaz, Ricardo Graugés Pous, Eugeni Marin Benito, Carla Picatoste Olloqui, Eduardo Rives Molina, Vicente José Ruiz, Hugo |
Keywords: | Hadrons Gran Col·lisionador d'Hadrons Física de partícules Experiments Hadrons Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland) Particle physics Experiments |
Issue Date: | 17-Jun-2015 |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Abstract: | The differential branching fraction of the rare decay Λ 0 b → Λµ+µ − is measured as a function of q 2 , the square of the dimuon invariant mass. The analysis is performed using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb−1 , collected by the LHCb experiment. Evidence of signal is observed in the q 2 region below the square of the J/ψ mass. Integrating over 15 < q2 < 20 GeV2/c4 the branching fraction is measured as dB(Λ 0 b → Λµ+µ −)/dq 2 = (1.18 + 0.09 − 0.08 ± 0.03 ± 0.27) × 10−7 ( GeV2 /c4 ) −1 , where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic and due to the normalisation mode, Λ 0 b → J/ψ Λ, respectively. In the q 2 intervals where the signal is observed, angular distributions are studied and the forward-backward asymmetries in the dimuon (A` FB) and hadron (Ah FB) systems are measured for the first time. In the range 15 < q2 < 20 GeV2/c4 they are found to be A ` FB = −0.05 ± 0.09 (stat) ± 0.03 (syst) and A h FB = −0.29 ± 0.07 (stat) ± 0.03 (syst). |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2015)115 |
It is part of: | Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015, vol. 2015, num. 115, p. 1-33 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/185666 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2015)115 |
ISSN: | 1126-6708 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Física Quàntica i Astrofísica) |
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