Search for B⁺→ K⁺τ⁺τ⁻ at the Babar Experiment

Lees, J. P.Poireau, V.Tisserand, V.Grauges, E.Palano, A.Eigen, G.Brown, D. N.Izen, Joseph M.Lou, Xinchou2018-08-242018-08-242018-08-242018-08-240031-9007http://hdl.handle.net/10735.1/6019We search for the rare flavor-changing neutral current process B⁺→ K⁺τ⁺τ⁻ using data from the BABAR experiment. The data sample, collected at the center-of-mass energy of the Υ(4S) resonance, corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 424 fb⁻¹ and to 471 x 10⁶ BB̅ pairs. We reconstruct one B meson, produced in the Υ(4S) → B⁺B⁻ decay, in one of many hadronic decay modes and search for activity compatible with a B⁺→ K⁺τ⁺τ⁻ decay in the rest of the event. Each τ lepton is required to decay leptonically into an electron or muon and neutrinos. Comparing the expected number of background events with the data sample after applying the selection criteria, we do not find evidence for a signal. The resulting upper limit, at the 90% confidence level, is 𝓑(B⁺→ K⁺τ⁺τ⁻) < 2.25 x 10⁻³.en©2017 American Physical SocietyParticles (Nuclear physics)Observed confidence levels (Statistics)Hadrons—DecayHigh energy physicsMass (Physics)LuminescenceSearch for B⁺→ K⁺τ⁺τ⁻ at the Babar ExperimentarticleLees, J. P., V. Poireau, V. Tisserand, E. Grauges, et al. 2017. "Search for B⁺→ K⁺τ⁺τ⁻ at the BaBar experiment." Physical Review Letters 118(3), doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.0318021183