Search for the lepton-flavor-violating decay B 0 → K * 0 μ ± e ∓

Sandilya, S.; Trabelsi, K.; Schwartz, A. J.; Adachi, I.; Aihara, H.; Al Said, S.; Asner, D. M.; Atmacan, H.; Aulchenko, V.; Aushev, T.; Ayad, R.; Babu, V.; Badhrees, I.; Bahinipati, S.; Bakich, A. M.; Bansal, V.; Behera, P.; Beleño, C.; Bhardwaj, V.; Bhuyan, B.; Bilka, T.; Biswal, J.; Bobrov, A.; Bozek, A.; Bračko, M.; Browder, T. E.; Cao, L.; Červenkov, D.; Chang, P.; Chekelian, V.; Chen, A.; Cheon, B. G.; Chilikin, K.; Cho, K.; Choi, S. -K.; Choi, Y.; Choudhury, S.; Cinabro, D.; Cunliffe, S.; Dash, N.; Di Carlo, S.; Dingfelder, J.; Doležal, Z.; Dong, T. V.; Drásal, Z.; Eidelman, S.; Epifanov, D.; Fast, J. E.; Ferber, T.; Fulsom, B. G.; Garg, R.; Gaur, V.; Gabyshev, N.; Garmash, A.; Gelb, M.; Giri, A.; Goldenzweig, P.; Golob, B.; Greenwald, D.; Guan, Y.; Haba, J.; Hara, T.; Hayasaka, K.; Hayashii, H.; Hirose, S.; Hou, W. -S.; Hsu, C. -L.; Iijima, T.; Inami, K.; Inguglia, G.; Ishikawa, A.; Itoh, R.; Iwasaki, M.; Iwasaki, Y.; Jacobs, W. W.; Jaegle, I.; Jeon, H. B.; Jia, S.; Jin, Y.; Joffe, D.; Joo, K. K.; Julius, T.; Kaliyar, A. B.; Kang, K. H.; Kawasaki, T.; Kichimi, H.; Kiesling, C.; Kim, D. Y.; Kim, J. B.; Kim, K. T.; Kim, S. H.; Kinoshita, K.; Kodyš, P.; Korpar, S.; Kotchetkov, D.; Križan, P.; Kroeger, R.; Krokovny, P.; Kuhr, T.; Kulasiri, R.; Kumar, R.; Kuzmin, A.; Kwon, Y. -J.; Lange, J. S.; Lee, I. S.; Lee, S. C.; Li, L. K.; Li, Y. B.; Li Gioi, L.; Libby, J.; Liventsev, D.; Lubej, M.; Masuda, M.; Matsuda, T.; Matvienko, D.; Merola, M.; Miyabayashi, K.; Miyata, H.; Mizuk, R.; Mohanty, G. B.; Moon, H. K.; Mori, T.; Mussa, R.; Nakano, E.; Nakao, M.; Nanut, T.; Nath, K. J.; Natkaniec, Z.; Nayak, M.; Niiyama, M.; Nisar, N. K.; Nishida, S.; Ogawa, K.; Ogawa, S.; Ono, H.; Pakhlov, P.; Pakhlova, G.; Pal, B.; Pardi, S.; Paul, S.; Pedlar, T. K.; Pestotnik, R.; Piilonen, L. E.; Popov, V.; Prasanth, K.; Prencipe, E.; Purohit, M. V.; Rabusov, A.; Resmi, P. K.; Rostomyan, A.; Russo, G.; Sahoo, D.; Sakai, Y.; Salehi, M.; Santelj, L.; Sanuki, T.; Savinov, V.; Schneider, O.; Schnell, G.; Schwanda, C.; Seino, Y.; Senyo, K.; Seon, O.; Sevior, M. E.; Shen, C. P.; Shibata, T. -A.; Shiu, J. -G.; Shwartz, B.; Singh, J. B.; Sokolov, A.; Solovieva, E.; Starič, M.; Strube, J. F.; Sumihama, M.; Sumisawa, K.; Sumiyoshi, T.; Sutcliffe, W.; Takizawa, M.; Tamponi, U.; Tanida, K.; Tenchini, F.; Uchida, M.; Uglov, T.; Unno, Y.; Uno, S.; Urquijo, P.; Ushiroda, Y.; Usov, Y.; Van Hulse, C.; Van Tonder, R.; Varner, G.; Vinokurova, A.; Vorobyev, V.; Waheed, E.; Wang, B.; Wang, C. H.; Wang, M. -Z.; Wang, P.; Wang, X. L.; Watanuki, S.; Wehle, S.; Widmann, E.; Won, E.; Yamamoto, H.; Ye, H.; Yin, J. H.; Yuan, C. Z.; Yusa, Y.; Zhang, Z. P.; Zhilich, V.; Zhukova, V.; Zhulanov, V.; Zupanc, A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.98.071101

Title: Search for the lepton-flavor-violating decay $B^{0} \to K^{* 0} μ^{\pm} e^{\mp}$

Journal Article · Tue Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review. D.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.071101· OSTI ID:1476850

Sandilya, S.; Trabelsi, K.; Schwartz, A. J.; Adachi, I.; Aihara, H.; Al Said, S.; Asner, D. M.; Atmacan, H.; Aulchenko, V.; Aushev, T.; Ayad, R.; Babu, V.; Badhrees, I.; Bahinipati, S.; Bakich, A. M.; Bansal, V.; Behera, P.; Beleño, C.; Bhardwaj, V.; Bhuyan, B. more »

We have searched for the lepton-flavor-violating decay B⁰ → K*⁰µ^±e^∓ using a data sample of 711 fb^-1 that contains 772 × 10⁶ $$B\bar{B}$$ pairs. The data were collected near the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e⁺e^- collider. No signals were observed, and we set 90% confidence level upper limits on the branching fractions of B(B⁰ → K*⁰µ⁺e^-) < 1.2 × 10^-7, B(B⁰ → K^*0µ^-e⁺) < 1.6 × 10^-7, and, for both decays combined, B(B⁰ → K^*0µ^±e^∓) < 1.8 × 10^-7. These are the most stringent limits on these decays to date.

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Research Organization:: Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); KEK - High Energy Accelerator Research Organization; Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Organization:: Belle Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0009973; SC0012704; SC0010504

OSTI ID:: 1476850

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1477963; OSTI ID: 1593915; OSTI ID: 1597924

Report Number(s):: BNL-209177-2018-JAAM; PRVDAQ; 071101

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Vol. 98 Journal Issue: 7; ISSN 2470-0010

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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