A measurement of the ratio of branching fractions of the decays B⁺ → K⁺μ⁺μ⁻ and B⁺ → K⁺e⁺e⁻ is presented. The proton-proton collision data used correspond to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb⁻¹ recorded with the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV. For the dilepton mass-squared range 1.1 < q² < 6.0 GeV²=c⁴ the ratio of branching fractions is measured to be R-K = 0.846(-0.054-0.014)(+0.060+0.016), where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. This is the most precise measurement of R-K to date and is compatible with the standard model at the level of 2.5 standard deviations.

Search for Lepton-Universality Violation in B⁺ → K⁺l⁺l⁻ Decays

Lusiani, A.
Membro del Collaboration Group
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Morello, M. J.
Membro del Collaboration Group
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Pajero, T.
Membro del Collaboration Group
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2019

Abstract

A measurement of the ratio of branching fractions of the decays B⁺ → K⁺μ⁺μ⁻ and B⁺ → K⁺e⁺e⁻ is presented. The proton-proton collision data used correspond to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb⁻¹ recorded with the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV. For the dilepton mass-squared range 1.1 < q² < 6.0 GeV²=c⁴ the ratio of branching fractions is measured to be R-K = 0.846(-0.054-0.014)(+0.060+0.016), where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. This is the most precise measurement of R-K to date and is compatible with the standard model at the level of 2.5 standard deviations.
2019
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