Search for the Decays Bs0 →τ+τ- and B0 →τ+τ-

R. Aaij; B. Adeva; M. Adinolfi; Z. Ajaltouni; S. Akar; J. Albrecht; F. Alessio; M. Alexander; S. Ali; G. Alkhazov; P. Alvarez Cartelle; A. A. Alves; S. Amato; S. Amerio; Y. Amhis; LA Everse; 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; K. Carvalho Akiba; V. Coco; P. N.Y. David; K. De Bruyn; M. Ferro-Luzzi; T. Ketel; J. Van Leerdam; T. Li; 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.118.251802

Search for the Decays Bs0 →τ+τ- and B0 →τ+τ-

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, Z. Ajaltouni, S. Akar, J. Albrecht, F. Alessio, M. Alexander, S. Ali, G. Alkhazov, P. Alvarez Cartelle, A. A. Alves, S. Amato, S. Amerio, Y. Amhis, LA Everse, L. Anderlini, G. Andreassi, M. Andreotti, J.E. AndrewsR. B. Appleby, F. Archilli, P. d'Argent, J. Arnau Romeu, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, M. Baalouch, I. Babuschkin, S. Bachmann, K. Carvalho Akiba, V. Coco, P. N.Y. David, K. De Bruyn, M. Ferro-Luzzi, T. Ketel, J. Van Leerdam, T. Li, 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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A search for the rare decays Bs0→τ+τ- and B0→τ+τ- is performed using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb-1 collected in 2011 and 2012. The τ leptons are reconstructed through the decay τ-→π-π+π-ντ. Assuming no contribution from B0→τ+τ- decays, an upper limit is set on the branching fraction B(Bs0→τ+τ-)<6.8×10-3 at the 95% confidence level. If instead no contribution from Bs0→τ+τ- decays is assumed, the limit is B(B0→τ+τ-)<2.1×10-3 at the 95% confidence level. These results correspond to the first direct limit on B(Bs0→τ+τ-) and the world's best limit on B(B0→τ+τ-).

Original language	English
Article number	251802
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	118
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.251802
Publication status	Published - 21 Jun 2017

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Aaij, R., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A. A., Amato, S., Amerio, S., Amhis, Y., Everse, LA., Anderlini, L., Andreassi, G., Andreotti, M., ... LHCb Collaboration (2017). Search for the Decays Bs0 →τ+τ- and B0 →τ+τ-. Physical Review Letters, 118(25), [251802]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.251802

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Search for the Decays Bs0 →τ+τ- and B0 →τ+τ-

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