Search for the lepton flavour violating decay B <sup>+</sup> → K <sup>+</sup> μ <sup>−</sup> τ <sup>+</sup> using Bs2∗0 decays

© 2020, The Author(s). A search is presented for the lepton flavour violating decay B+ → K+μ−τ+ using a sample of proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV, collected with the LHCb detector and corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 9 fb−1. The τ leptons are...

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Päätekijä: Williams, Michael
Muut tekijät: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Aineistotyyppi: Artikkeli
Kieli:English
Julkaistu: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2022
Linkit:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/142435
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Yhteenveto:© 2020, The Author(s). A search is presented for the lepton flavour violating decay B+ → K+μ−τ+ using a sample of proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV, collected with the LHCb detector and corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 9 fb−1. The τ leptons are selected inclusively, primarily via decays with a single charged particle. The four-momentum of the τ lepton is determined by using B+ mesons from Bs2∗0→B+K− decays. No significant excess is observed, and an upper limit is set on the branching fraction ℬ(B+ → K+μ−τ+) < 3.9 × 10−5 at 90 % confidence level. The obtained limit is comparable to the world-best limit. [Figure not available: see fulltext.].