Related papers: Rare B decays at the Tevatron
I present recent results of measurements of branching fractions and CP-violating asymmetries in B0, Bs, and Lambda_B two-body charmless decays at the upgraded Collider Detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. Measurements of rates of…
We report on searches for Flavor-Changing Neutral Current (FCNC) decays in ppbar collisions at a center of mass energy of 1.96 TeV using up to 0.78 fb-1 of data, collected at the CDF and DO detectors respectively. The rare FCNC decays…
The Tevatron, with $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=$1.96 TeV, can produce all flavors of $B$ hadrons and allows for unprecedented studies in the $B$ physics sector. These range from measurements of $B$ hadron properties to searches of…
We present the results of a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decay B0_s -> mu+ mu- using a data set with integrated luminosity of 240 pb^{-1} of pp(bar) collisions at sqrt{s}=1.96 TeV collected with the D0 detector in Run II…
We report on a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays B^+ -> mu^+ mu^- K^+ and B^0 -> mu^+ mu^- K^{*0} using 88 pb^{-1} of data from p-pbar collisions at \sqrt{s}=1.8 TeV, collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab.…
We search for the rare flavor-changing neutral-current decay $B^+ \to K^+ \nu \bar{\nu}$ in a data sample of 82 fb$^{-1}$ collected with the {\sl BABAR} detector at the PEP-II B-factory. Signal events are selected by examining the…
We report on searches for B^0_s to \mu^+ \mu^-, B^0_d to \mu^+ \mu^- decays and b to s \mu^+\mu^- transitions in exclusive decays of B mesons. Using 2 fb^{-1} of data collected by the CDF II detector we find upper limits on the branching…
The CDF and D0 experiments at the Tevatron ppbar collider have pioneered and established the role of flavor physics in hadron collisions. A broad program is now at its full maturity. We report on three new results sensitive to physics…
The measurement of the CP violation in the b-meson system and of b-meson rare decays provides information about the electroweak symmetry breaking in terms of flavour structure of the CKM matrix and flavour changing neutral currents. The…
We report on recent B-Physics results from the Tevatron. The topics covered include measurement of the polarization amplitudes in $B_s^0 \to \phi \phi$, the search for rare flavor-changing neutral-current decays, CP violation in $B_s^0 \to…
b to s transitions are flavour-changing neutral current (FCNC) processes that play an important role in the search for physics beyond the Standard Model (SM). Contributions from virtual particles in the loop are predicted to deviate…
This review summarizes the current experimental results on rare B0_(s) -> mu+mu- decays of the Tevatron experiments CDF and D0, and the LHC experiments ATLAS, CMS and LHCb. The experimental branching fraction upper limits for the B0_s ->…
The CDF experiment at the Tevatron $p\bar{p}$ collider has pioneered and established the role of hadron collisions in exploring flavor physics through a broad program that is now at its full maturity. We report new results sensitive to…
Rare B meson decays are an excellent probe for beyond the Standard Model physics. Two very sensitive processes are the b -> s mu^+ mu^- and B0 -> mu^+ mu^- decays. We report recent results at a center of mass energy of sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV…
We present recent DO results based on approximately 1 fb$^{-1}$ of $p \bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.96$ TeV recorded at the Fermilab Tevatron. Preliminary results on a search for the flavor changing neutral current process $D^+\to…
Following the intriguing hints of deviations from the Standard Model in rare B meson decays, searches for rare and forbidden decays of charm hadrons become a hot topic again. We present recent results on Flavour Changing Neutral Current…
The Flavor Changing Neutral Current mediated decays $B \rightarrow \mu^{+}\mu^{-}$ and $B^{0} \rightarrow K^{*0}\mu^{+}\mu^{-}$ provide high sensitivity to new physics contributions. Sensitive observables include the branching fraction, the…
The LHCb experiment, bolstered up by the 10^12 b-hadrons to be produced yearly in its interaction region, is an excellent place to study rare B decays. Flavor-changing neutral currents are forbidden at tree level in the Standard Model. They…
We report results from a search for the lepton flavor violating decays $B^0_{(s)}\to e^+\mu^-$, and the flavor-changing neutral-current decays $B^0_{(s)} \to e^+ e^-$. The analysis uses data corresponding to ${\rm 2 fb^{-1}}$ of integrated…
After an introduction on the peculiarities of flavor-physics measurements at a hadron collider, and on the upgraded Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF II), I show recent results on two-body B0 and B0s decays into charged, pseudo-scalar,…