Search for the rare decays B-->Kl(+)l(-) and B-->K(*)l(+)l(-).

Search for the rare decays B-->Kl(+)l(-) and B-->K(*)l(+)l(-).

We present results from a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays B-->Kl(+)l(-) and B-->K(*)l(+)l(-), where l(+)l(-) is either an e(+)e(-) or mu(+)mu(-) pair. The data sample comprises 22.7 x 10(6) Upsilon(4S)-->B(-)B decays collected with the BABAR detector at the...

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Autores principales: Aubert, B, Boutigny, D, Gaillard, J, Hicheur, A, Karyotakis, Y, Lees, J, Robbe, P, Tisserand, V, Palano, A, Pompili, A, Chen, G, Chen, J, Qi, N, Rong, G, Wang, P, Zhu, Y, Eigen, G, Stugu, B, Abrams, G, Borgland, A, Breon, AB, Brown, D, Button-Shafer, J, Cahn, R, Clark, A
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2002
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Sumario:We present results from a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays B-->Kl(+)l(-) and B-->K(*)l(+)l(-), where l(+)l(-) is either an e(+)e(-) or mu(+)mu(-) pair. The data sample comprises 22.7 x 10(6) Upsilon(4S)-->B(-)B decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B Factory. We obtain the 90% C.L. upper limits B(B-->Kl(+)l(-))<0.51 x 10(-6) and B(B-->K(*)l(+)l(-))<3.1 x 10(-6), close to standard model predictions for these branching fractions. We have also obtained limits on the lepton-family-violating decays B-->Ke+/-mu(-/+) and B-->K(*)e(+/-)mu(-/+).

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