We have searched for the lepton-number violating processes B+ -> h(-)l(+)l(+) with h(-) = K-/pi(-) and l(+) = e(+)/mu(+), using a sample of 471 +/- 3 million B (B) over bar events collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e(+)e(-) collider at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. We find no evidence for these decays and place 90%-confidence-level upper limits on their branching fractions B(B+ -> pi(-)e(+)e(+)) < 2.3 x 10(-8), B(B+ -> K(-)e(+)e(+)) < 3.0 x 10(-8), B(B+ -> pi(-)mu(+)mu(+)) < 10.7 x 10(-8), and B(B+ -> K-mu(+)mu(+)) < 6.7 x 10(-8).

Search for lepton-number violating processes in B+ -> h(-)l(+)l(+) decays / Lees, J.P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Garra Tico, J., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Stugu, B., Brown, D.N., Kerth, L.T., Kolomensky, Y.u.G., Lynch, G., Koch, H., Schroeder, T., Asgeirsson, D.J., Hearty, C., Mattison, T.S., Mckenna, J.A., Khan, A., Blinov, V.E., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY. - ISSN 1550-7998. - 85:7(2012). [10.1103/PhysRevD.85.071103]

Search for lepton-number violating processes in B+ -> h(-)l(+)l(+) decays

CARPINELLI, Massimo;
2012-01-01

Abstract

We have searched for the lepton-number violating processes B+ -> h(-)l(+)l(+) with h(-) = K-/pi(-) and l(+) = e(+)/mu(+), using a sample of 471 +/- 3 million B (B) over bar events collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e(+)e(-) collider at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. We find no evidence for these decays and place 90%-confidence-level upper limits on their branching fractions B(B+ -> pi(-)e(+)e(+)) < 2.3 x 10(-8), B(B+ -> K(-)e(+)e(+)) < 3.0 x 10(-8), B(B+ -> pi(-)mu(+)mu(+)) < 10.7 x 10(-8), and B(B+ -> K-mu(+)mu(+)) < 6.7 x 10(-8).
2012
Search for lepton-number violating processes in B+ -> h(-)l(+)l(+) decays / Lees, J.P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Garra Tico, J., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Stugu, B., Brown, D.N., Kerth, L.T., Kolomensky, Y.u.G., Lynch, G., Koch, H., Schroeder, T., Asgeirsson, D.J., Hearty, C., Mattison, T.S., Mckenna, J.A., Khan, A., Blinov, V.E., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D, PARTICLES, FIELDS, GRAVITATION, AND COSMOLOGY. - ISSN 1550-7998. - 85:7(2012). [10.1103/PhysRevD.85.071103]
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