Observation of <i>D</i><SUP>0</SUP> meson decays to π<SUP>+</SUP> π<SUP>-</SUP> μ<SUP>+</SUP> μ<SUP>-</SUP> and <i>K</i><SUP>+</SUP> <i>K</i><SUP>-</SUP> μ<SUP>+</SUP> μ<SUP>-</SUP> final states



Aaij, R, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Ajaltouni, Z, Akar, S, Albrecht, J, Alessio, F, Alexander, M, Albero, A Alfonso, Ali, S
et al (show 794 more authors) (2017) Observation of <i>D</i><SUP>0</SUP> meson decays to π<SUP>+</SUP> π<SUP>-</SUP> μ<SUP>+</SUP> μ<SUP>-</SUP> and <i>K</i><SUP>+</SUP> <i>K</i><SUP>-</SUP> μ<SUP>+</SUP> μ<SUP>-</SUP> final states. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 119 (18). 181805-.

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Abstract

The first observation of the D^{0}→π^{+}π^{-}μ^{+}μ^{-} and D^{0}→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 D^{0}→K^{-}π^{+}[μ^{+}μ^{-}]_{ρ^{0}/ω}, where the two muons are consistent with coming from the decay of a ρ^{0} or ω meson. The results are B(D^{0}→π^{+}π^{-}μ^{+}μ^{-})=(9.64±0.48±0.51±0.97)×10^{-7} and B(D^{0}→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.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: LHCb Collaboration
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 12 Jan 2018 11:38
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2023 12:23
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.181805
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3015933