Differential branching fraction and angular analysis of the B + → K + μ + μ − decay
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The LHCb Collaboration; Aaij, A.; Beteta, Abellan; Adeva, B.; Williams, Michael
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The angular distribution and differential branching fraction of the decay B+→ K+μ+μ− are studied with a dataset corresponding to 1.0fb−1 of integrated luminosity, collected by the LHCb experiment. The angular distribution is measured in bins of dimuon invariant mass squared and found to be consistent with Standard Model expectations. Integrating the differential branching fraction over the full dimuon invariant mass range yields a total branching fraction of BB (B+ → K+μ+μ−) = (4.36 ± 0.15 ± 0.18) × 10−7. These measurements are the most precise to date of the B+ → K+μ+μ− decay.
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2013-02Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsJournal
Journal of High Energy Physics
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Springer-Verlag/SISSA
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Aaij, R., C. Abellan Beteta, A. Adametz, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, C. Adrover, et al. “Differential Branching Fraction and Angular Analysis of the B + → K + μ + μ − Decay.” Journal of High Energy Physics 2013, no. 2 (February 2013).
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1029-8479