Comprehensive Analysis of the B 0 → K * 0 μ + μ − Decay

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Authors: R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb, Carlos Abellán Beteta, C. Abellán Beteta, T. Ackernley, A. A. Adefisoye, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, P. Adlarson, C. Agapopoulou, C. Aidala, Z. Ajaltouni
+88 more S. Akar, K. Carvalho Akiba, Muzammil Akthar, P. Albicocco, J. Albrecht, R. Aleksiejūnas, F. Alessio, P. Álvarez Cartelle, R. Amalric, S. Amato, S. Amato, Y. Amhis, L. An, L. Anderlini, M. Andersson, P. Andreola, M. Andreotti, Sergio Andres Estrada, Alessia Anelli, D. Ao, C. Arata, F. Archilli, Zaratsyan Areg, Matteo Argenton, S. Arguedas Cuendis, Lisa Arnone, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, R. Ataíde Da Silva, M. Atzeni, B. Audurier, Juliette Authier, D. Bacher, I. Bachiller, S. Bachmann, Marie Bachmayer, J. J. Back, P. Baladrón Rodríguez, V. Balagura, A Balboni, W. Baldini, Z. Baldwin, Luca Balzani, H. Bao, J. Baptista de Souza Leite, C. Barbero Pretel, M. Barbetti, I. R. Barbosa, R. J. Barlow, Mikhail Barnyakov, S. Barsuk, W. Barter, W. Barter, B. Batsukh, B. Batsukh, Piera Battista, A. Bay, A. Beck, M. Becker, F. Bedeschi, I. Bediaga, Noah Albin Behling, S. Belin, Alberto Bellavista, K. Belous, I. Belov, I. Belyaev, G. Benane, G. Bencivenni, E. Ben-Haim, A. Berezhnoy, R. Bernet, H. C. Bernstein, A. Bertolin, F. Betti, J. Bex, O. Bezshyyko, Senjuti Bhattacharya, J. Bhom, M. S. Bieker, N. V. Biesuz, A. Biolchini, M. Birch, F. C. R. Bishop, A. Bitadze, A. Bizzeti, T. Blake
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Abstract

An analysis of the B^{0}→K^{*0}(→K^{+}π^{-})μ^{+}μ^{-} decay is presented using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 8.4 fb^{-1}. The full set of CP-averaged and CP-asymmetric angular observables is determined in bins of the invariant mass squared of the dimuon system, as well as the branching fraction relative to the B^{0}→J/ψ(→μ^{+}μ^{-})K^{+}π^{-} decay. For the first time, the full set of observables pertaining to the K^{+}π^{-} S-wave contribution to the final state are presented and consideration is given to effects arising from the mass of the muons. The extracted CP-asymmetry observables show no significant deviations from zero. The measurements of the CP-averaged observables and the branching fractions continue to exhibit the pattern of tensions with the standard model predictions that have been seen in previous analyses that use part of the dataset considered in this Letter.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Neutrino Physics Research

Publication details

Journal / source
Physical Review Letters
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Volume
137
Issue
2
Pages
021802–021802
Publication date
9 April 2026
Language
EN