Study of the rare decay J/ψ → μ+μ−μ+μ−



Aaij, R, Abdelmotteleb, ASW, Abellan Beteta, C, Abudinén, F, Ackernley, T, Adefisoye, AA, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Adlarson, P, Agapopoulou, C
et al (show 1110 more authors) (2024) Study of the rare decay J/ψ → μ+μ−μ+μ−. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2024 (12). 62-. ISSN 1126-6708, 1029-8479

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Abstract

<jats:title>A<jats:sc>bstract</jats:sc> </jats:title> <jats:p>The rare electromagnetic <jats:italic>J/ψ</jats:italic> → <jats:italic>μ</jats:italic> <jats:sup>+</jats:sup> <jats:italic>μ</jats:italic> <jats:sup> <jats:italic>−</jats:italic> </jats:sup> <jats:italic>μ</jats:italic> <jats:sup>+</jats:sup> <jats:italic>μ</jats:italic> <jats:sup> <jats:italic>−</jats:italic> </jats:sup> decay is observed with a significance greatly exceeding the discovery threshold, using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment during 2016–2018 at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5<jats:italic>.</jats:italic>4 fb<jats:sup> <jats:italic>−</jats:italic>1</jats:sup>. The rate of this decay is measured relative to that of the <jats:italic>J/ψ</jats:italic> → <jats:italic>μ</jats:italic> <jats:sup>+</jats:sup> <jats:italic>μ</jats:italic> <jats:sup> <jats:italic>−</jats:italic> </jats:sup> mode. Using the QED model for the four-muon decay in the efficiency estimation, its branching fraction is determined to be<jats:disp-formula> <jats:alternatives> <jats:tex-math>$$ \mathcal{B}\left(J/\psi \to {\mu}^{+}{\mu}^{-}{\mu}^{+}{\mu}^{-}\right)=\left(1.13\pm 0.10\pm 0.05\pm 0.01\right)\times {10}^{-6}, $$</jats:tex-math> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mfenced> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>μ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>μ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>μ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>μ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfenced> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mfenced> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>1.13</mml:mn> <mml:mo>±</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.10</mml:mn> <mml:mo>±</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.05</mml:mn> <mml:mo>±</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.01</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfenced> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mn>6</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> </mml:math> </jats:alternatives> </jats:disp-formula> </jats:p> <jats:p>where the uncertainties are statistical, systematic and due to the uncertainty on the branching fraction of the <jats:italic>J/ψ → μ</jats:italic> <jats:sup>+</jats:sup> <jats:italic>μ</jats:italic> <jats:sup> <jats:italic>−</jats:italic> </jats:sup> decay.</jats:p>

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 4902 Mathematical Physics, 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics, 49 Mathematical Sciences, 51 Physical Sciences, 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Divisions: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 06 Jan 2025 09:39
Last Modified: 28 Apr 2025 00:32
DOI: 10.1007/jhep12(2024)062
Open Access URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP12(2...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3189403