Search for the Decays Bs0 →τ+τ- and B0 →τ+τ-

LHCb Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.251802

Search for the Decays Bs0 →τ+τ- and B0 →τ+τ-

LHCb Collaboration

European Organization for Nuclear Research
University Santiago de Compostela
University of Bristol
Clermont-Auvergne University
University of Cincinnati
Fakultät Physik
University of Dortmund
SUPA
University of Glasgow
Science Park 105
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)
Imperial College London
Instituto de Biofisica da UFRJ
INFN
Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire
Center for High Energy Physics
Tsinghua University
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze
Institute of Physics
ENAC-IIC-GEL
Sezione INFN di Ferrara
University of Ferrara
University of Maryland, College Park
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manchester
University of Heidelberg
Aix-Marseille Université
Kurchatov Institute
Syracuse University
Sezione di Roma
University of Warwick
ICCUB
University of Barcelona
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Yandex School of Data Analysis
Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Institute for Nuclear Physics
National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ)

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Abstract

A search for the rare decays Bs0→τ+τ- and B0→τ+τ- is performed using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb-1 collected in 2011 and 2012. The τ leptons are reconstructed through the decay τ-→π-π+π-ντ. Assuming no contribution from B0→τ+τ- decays, an upper limit is set on the branching fraction B(Bs0→τ+τ-)<6.8×10-3 at the 95% confidence level. If instead no contribution from Bs0→τ+τ- decays is assumed, the limit is B(B0→τ+τ-)<2.1×10-3 at the 95% confidence level. These results correspond to the first direct limit on B(Bs0→τ+τ-) and the world's best limit on B(B0→τ+τ-).

Original language	English
Article number	251802
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	118
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.251802
Publication status	Published - 21 Jun 2017

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Search for the Decays Bs0 →τ+τ- and B0 →τ+τ-

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