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Search for the Lepton-Flavor-Violating Decays B-s(0) -> e(+/-)mu(-/+) and B-0 -> e(+/-)mu(-/+)

  • R. Aaij
  • , B. Adeva
  • , M. Adinolfi
  • , C. Adrover
  • , A. Affolder
  • , Z. Ajaltouni
  • , J. Albrecht
  • , F. Alessio
  • , M. Alexander
  • , S. Ali
  • , G. Alkhazov
  • , P. Alvarez Cartelle
  • , A. A. Alves
  • , S. Amato
  • , S. Amerio
  • , Y. Amhis
  • , L. Anderlini
  • , R. Andreassen
  • , J. E. Andrews
  • , R. B. Appleby
  • O. Aquines Gutierrez, F. Archilli, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, M. Baalouch, S. Bachmann, J. J. Back, C. Baesso, V. Balagura, W. Baldini, R. J. Barlow, C. Barschel, S. Barsuk, W. Barter, Th Bauer, J. Beddow, F. Bedeschi, I. Bediaga, S. Belogurov, K. Belous, I. Belyaev, E. Ben-Haim, G. Bencivenni, S. Benson, J. Benton, A. Berezhnoy, A. Pellegrino, S. Tolk, LHCb Collaboration

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A search for the lepton-flavor-violating decays B-s(0) -> e(+/-)mu(-/+) and B-0 -> e(+/-)mu(-/+) is performed with a data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb(-1) of pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV, collected by the LHCb experiment. The observed number of B-s(0) -> e(+/-)mu(-/+) and B-0 -> e(+/-)mu(-/+) candidates is consistent with background expectations. Upper limits on the branching fractions of both decays are determined to be B(B-s(0) -> e(+/-)mu(-/+)) <1.1(1.4) x 10(-8) and B(B-0 -> e(+/-)mu(-/+)) <2.8(3.7) x 10(-9) at 90% (95%) confidence level (C.L.). These limits are a factor of 20 lower than those set by previous experiments. Lower bounds on the Pati-Salam leptoquark masses are also calculated, M-LQ(B-s(0) -> e(+/-)mu(-/+)) > 101 TeV/c(2) and M-LQ(B-0 -> e(+/-)mu -/+) > 126 TeV/c(2) at 95% C.L., and are a factor of 2 higher than the previous bounds.

Originele taal-2English
Artikelnummer141801
Aantal pagina's9
TijdschriftPhysical Review Letters
Volume111
Nummer van het tijdschrift14
DOI's
StatusPublished - 30-sep.-2013

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