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Prospects for Measuring B_s->mu mu with the CMS Detector

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

The flavor-changing neutral current decay B_s->mu mu is highly suppressed in the standard model, but its branching fraction of 3.4*10^-9 could be significantly enhanced through contributions from new physics. At the LHC, this rare decay could be observed for the first time. In this contribution, the prospects for measuring B_s->mu mu with the CMS detector are presented. In particular, some aspects of the experimental setup, the first and high level trigger selections, and the offline analysis are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0509009,
  title  = {Prospects for Measuring B_s->mu mu with the CMS Detector},
  author = {Frank-Peter Schilling},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0509009},
  year   = {2008}
}

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5 pages, to appear in the proceedings of BEAUTY 2005, June 20-24, 2005, Assisi (Italy)