Search for the rare decay D-0 -> mu(+) mu(-)

LHCb collaboration, Walter Marcello Bonivento*

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Abstract

A search for the rare decay D-0 -> mu(+) mu(-) is performed using a data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.9 fb(-1), of pp collisions collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV by the LHCb experiment. The observed number of events is consistent with the background expectations and corresponds to an upper limit of B(D-0 -> mu(+) mu(-)) < 6.2 (7.6) x 10(-9) at 90% (95%) confidence level. This result represents an improvement of more than a factor twenty with respect to previous measurements. (C) 2013 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15-24
Number of pages10
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume725
Issue number1-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Aug 2013
Externally publishedYes

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