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Search for the Flavor-Changing Neutral Current Decays B{sup +}{r_arrow}{mu}{sup +} {mu}{sup {minus}}K{sup +} and B{sup 0}{r_arrow}{mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup {minus}}K{sup {asterisk}0 }

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
OSTI ID:698926
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  1. Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, Republic of (China)
  2. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
  3. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, University of Bologna, I-40127 Bologna (Italy)
  4. Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254 (United States)
  5. University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024; Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria, University of Cantabria, 39005 Santander (Spain)
  6. Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 (United States)
  7. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RU-141980 Dubna (Russia)
  8. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 (United States)
  9. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (United States)
  10. University of Florida, Gainesville, (United States)
We report on a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decays B{sup +}{r_arrow}{mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup {minus}}K{sup +} and B{sup 0}{r_arrow}{mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup {minus}}K{sup *0} using 88 pb{sup {minus}1} of data from {bar p}p collisions at {radical} (s) =1.8 TeV , collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab. Finding no evidence for these decays, we set upper limits on the branching fractions B(B{sup +}{r_arrow}{mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup {minus}}K{sup +}){lt}5.2{times}10{sup {minus}6} and B(B{sup 0}{r_arrow}{mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup {minus}}K{sup *0}){lt}4.0{times}10{sup {minus}6} at the 90{percent} confidence level. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society }
OSTI ID:
698926
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 17 Vol. 83; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English