Observation of D⁰ meson decays to pi(+) pi(-) mu(+) mu(-) and K+ K- mu(+) mu(-) final states
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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.
Date Issued
2017-10-31
Date Acceptance
2017-07-26
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2017, 119 (18), pp.181805-181805
ISSN
0031-9007
Publisher
American Physical Society
Start Page
181805
End Page
181805
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
119
Issue
18
Copyright Statement
© 2017 CERN, for the LHCb Collaboration. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29219589
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Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Multidisciplinary
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Publication Status
Published
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United States
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ARTN 181805