Search for the rare leptonic decay B+ → μ+vμ

A search for the rare leptonic decay with data collected at the resonance by the BABAR experiment was carried out. The decay rate was sensitive to the product of the Cabibbo Kobayashi Maskawa matrix element (Vub and the B decay constant fb, which was propotional to the wave function for zero separat...

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Main Authors: Aubert, B, Barate, R, Boutigny, D, Couderc, F, Gaillard, J, Hicheur, A, Karyotakis, Y, Lees, J, Tisserand, V, Zghiche, A, Palano, A, Pompili, A, Chen, J, Qi, N, Rong, G, Wang, P, Zhu, Y, Eigen, G, Ofte, I, Stugu, B, Abrams, G, Borgland, A, Breon, AB, Brown, D, Button-Shafer, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004
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Summary:A search for the rare leptonic decay with data collected at the resonance by the BABAR experiment was carried out. The decay rate was sensitive to the product of the Cabibbo Kobayashi Maskawa matrix element (Vub and the B decay constant fb, which was propotional to the wave function for zero separation between the quarks. The data used in the analysis was collectd with BABAR detector at the PEP-II storage ring and the sample consisted of an integrity luminosity of 81.4 fb-1. The systematic uncertainty in the signal efficiency was evaluated which included the muon candidate selection and the reconstruction efficiency of the companion B.