PT Journal
AU LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, Rea
   Jaimes Elles, SJ
   Jashal, BK
   Martinez-Vidal, F
   Oyanguren, A
   Rebollo De Miguel, M
   Remon Alepuz, C
   Ruiz Vidal, J
   Sanderswood, I
   Zhuo, J
TI Search for D*(2007)0 → μ+ μ- in B- → π- μ+ μ- decays
SO European Physical Journal C
JI Eur. Phys. J. C
PY 2023
BP 666 - 14pp
VL 83
IS 7
DI 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11759-6
LA English
AB The very rare D*(2007)(0) -> mu(+) mu(-) decay is searched for by analysing B- -> pi (-) mu(+) mu(-) decays. The analysis uses a sample of beautymesons produced in protonproton collisions collected with the LHCb detector between 2011 and 2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb(-1). The signal signature corresponds to simultaneous peaks in the mu(+) mu(-) and pi(-) mu(+) mu(-) invariant masses. No evidence for an excess of events over background is observed and an upper limit is set on the branching fraction of the decay at B(D-*(2007)(0) -> mu(+) mu(-)) < 2.6 x 10(-8) at 90% confidence level. This is the first limit on the branching fraction of D*(2007)(0) -> mu(+) mu(-) decays and the most stringent limit on D* (2007)(0) decays to leptonic final states. The analysis is the first search for a rare charm-meson decay exploiting production via beauty decays.
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