Test of Lepton Flavor Universality with B^{+}→K^{+}π^{+}π^{-}ℓ^{+}ℓ^{-} Decays.



Aaij, R, Abdelmotteleb, ASW, Abellan Beteta, C, Abudinén, F, Ackernley, T ORCID: 0000-0002-5951-3498, Adefisoye, AA, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Adlarson, P, Agapopoulou, C
et al (show 1142 more authors) (2025) Test of Lepton Flavor Universality with B^{+}→K^{+}π^{+}π^{-}ℓ^{+}ℓ^{-} Decays. Physical review letters, 134 (18). 181803-. ISSN 0031-9007, 1079-7114

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Abstract

The first test of lepton flavor universality between muons and electrons using B^{+}→K^{+}π^{+}π^{-}ℓ^{+}ℓ^{-} (ℓ=e, μ) decays is presented. The measurement is performed with data from proton-proton collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9  fb^{-1}. The ratio of branching fractions between B^{+}→K^{+}π^{+}π^{-}e^{+}e^{-} and B^{+}→K^{+}π^{+}π^{-}μ^{+}μ^{-} decays is measured in the dilepton invariant-mass-squared range 1.1<q^{2}<7.0  GeV^{2}/c^{4} and is found to be R_{Kππ}^{-1}=1.31_{-0.17}^{+0.18}(stat) _{-0.09}^{+0.12}(syst), in agreement with the standard model prediction. The first observation of the B^{+}→K^{+}π^{+}π^{-}e^{+}e^{-} decay is also reported.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: LHCb Collaboration
Divisions: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering
Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of the Arts
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 09 Jun 2025 10:11
Last Modified: 09 Jun 2025 10:11
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.134.181803
Open Access URL: https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLe...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3193119