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$B^0_{(s)} \rightarrow \mu^+\mu^-$ at CMS

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2014-10-27 v2

Abstract

The search for the rare \BMuMu and \BsMuMu decays in pp collisions at s=7\sqrt s = 7~GeV and s=8\sqrt s = 8~GeV, collected at the LHC in 2011 and 2012, is briefly reviewed. The data analyzed by CMS correspond to a total integrated luminosity of 5 and 20 fb1\rm fb^{-1}, respectively. The time-integrated average branching fraction <B(Bs0μ+μ)>\left<{\mathcal B }( { B^{0}_{s}\rightarrow \mu^+\mu^-} )\right> has been measured to be (3.00.9+1.0)×109(3.0 ^{+1.0}_{-0.9})\times 10^{-9} in accordance with the Standard Model predictions, while an upper limit <B(B0μ+μ)><1.1×109)\left<{ \mathcal B }( B^{0}\rightarrow \mu^+\mu^-)\right> < 1.1\times 10^{-9}) has been placed on the other investigated decay at 95% CL. A preliminary combination with the results from LHCb is also presented for both channels, and prospects for the future are briefly discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1409.0445,
  title  = {$B^0_{(s)} \rightarrow \mu^+\mu^-$ at CMS},
  author = {Franco Ligabue},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.0445},
  year   = {2014}
}

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6 pages, 7 figures, proceedings of LHCP2014 conference, NY

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