Observation of D0 Meson Decays to π+π-μ+μ- and K+K-μ+μ- Final States

R. Aaij; B. Adeva; Z. Ajaltouni; S. Akar; F. Alessio; M. Alexander; A. Alfonso Albero; S. Ali; G. Alkhazov; P. Alvarez Cartelle; A. A. Alves; S. Amato; S. Amerio; Y. Amhis; L. An; L. Anderlini; G. Andreassi; M. Andreotti; J. E. Andrews; R. B. Appleby; F. Archilli; P. D'Argent; J. Arnau Romeu; A. Artamonov; M. Artuso; E. Aslanides; G. Auriemma; M. Baalouch; I. Babuschkin; S. Bachmann; J. J. Back; A. Badalov; C. Baesso; S. Baker; V. Balagura; K. Carvalho Akiba; M. Ferro-Luzzi; T. Ketel; J. Van Leerdam; M. Merk; C. J.G. Onderwater; G. Raven; M. Schiller; N. Serra; B. Storaci; V. Syropoulos; J. Van Tilburg; S. Tolk; P. Tsopelas; N. Tuning; (LHCb Collaboration)

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.181805

Observation of D0 Meson Decays to π+π-μ+μ- and K+K-μ+μ- Final States

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, Z. Ajaltouni, S. Akar, F. Alessio, M. Alexander, A. Alfonso Albero, S. Ali, G. Alkhazov, P. Alvarez Cartelle, A. A. Alves, S. Amato, S. Amerio, Y. Amhis, L. An, L. Anderlini, G. Andreassi, M. Andreotti, J. E. Andrews, R. B. ApplebyF. Archilli, P. D'Argent, J. Arnau Romeu, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, M. Baalouch, I. Babuschkin, S. Bachmann, J. J. Back, A. Badalov, C. Baesso, S. Baker, V. Balagura, K. Carvalho Akiba, M. Ferro-Luzzi, T. Ketel, J. Van Leerdam, M. Merk, C. J.G. Onderwater, G. Raven, M. Schiller, N. Serra, B. Storaci, V. Syropoulos, J. Van Tilburg, S. Tolk, P. Tsopelas, N. Tuning, (LHCb Collaboration)

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Abstract

The first observation of the D0→π+π-μ+μ- and D0→K+K-μ+μ- decays is reported using a sample of proton-proton collisions collected by LHCb at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, and corresponding to 2 fb-1 of integrated luminosity. The corresponding branching fractions are measured using as normalization the decay D0→K-π+[μ+μ-]ρ0/ω, where the two muons are consistent with coming from the decay of a ρ0 or ω meson. The results are B(D0→π+π-μ+μ-)=(9.64±0.48±0.51±0.97)×10-7 and B(D0→K+K-μ+μ-)=(1.54±0.27±0.09±0.16)×10-7, where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic, and due to the limited knowledge of the normalization branching fraction. The dependence of the branching fraction on the dimuon mass is also investigated.

Original language	English
Article number	181805
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	119
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.181805
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2017

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We express our gratitude to our colleagues in the CERN accelerator departments for the excellent performance of the LHC. We thank the technical and administrative staff at the LHCb institutes. We acknowledge support from CERN and from the national agencies: CAPES, CNPq, FAPERJ and FINEP (Brazil); MOST and NSFC (China); CNRS/IN2P3 (France); BMBF, DFG and MPG (Germany); INFN (Italy); NWO (Netherlands); MNiSW and NCN (Poland); MEN/IFA (Romania); MinES and FASO (Russia); MinECo (Spain); SNSF and SER (Switzerland); NASU (Ukraine); STFC (United Kingdom); NSF (USA). We acknowledge the computing resources that are provided by CERN, IN2P3 (France), KIT and DESY (Germany), INFN (Italy), SURF (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), GridPP (United Kingdom), RRCKI and Yandex LLC (Russia), CSCS (Switzerland), IFIN-HH (Romania), CBPF (Brazil), PL-GRID (Poland) and OSC (USA). We are indebted to the communities behind the multiple open source software packages on which we depend. Individual groups or members have received support from AvH Foundation (Germany), EPLANET, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and ERC (European Union), Conseil Général de Haute-Savoie, Labex ENIGMASS and OCEVU, Région Auvergne (France), RFBR and Yandex LLC (Russia), GVA, XuntaGal and GENCAT (Spain), Herchel Smith Fund, The Royal Society, Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 and the Leverhulme Trust (United Kingdom).

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CNRS/IN2P3
EPLANET
FASO
Herchel Smith Fund
Labex ENIGMASS
MinES
OCEVU
Région Auvergne
Yandex LLC
National Science Foundation
School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
CERN
Science and Technology Facilities Council	ST/J004332/1, ST/N000250/1, 1641747, ST/K003410/1, ST/G005974/1, LHCb, ST/N000331/1, GRIDPP, LHCb Upgrades, 1707993
Leverhulme Trust
Royal Society
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
European Commission
European Research Council
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung	166208
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Generalitat Valenciana
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Ministry of Science and Technology
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos
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Aaij, R., Adeva, B., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Alfonso Albero, A., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A. A., Amato, S., Amerio, S., Amhis, Y., An, L., Anderlini, L., Andreassi, G., Andreotti, M., Andrews, J. E., ... (LHCb Collaboration) (2017). Observation of D0 Meson Decays to π+π-μ+μ- and K+K-μ+μ- Final States. Physical Review Letters, 119(18), Article 181805. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.181805

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