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Title: Search for $$ {\textrm{B}}_{\textrm{s}}^0 $$ → ℓτ± with the semi-leptonic tagging method at Belle

Journal Article · · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
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We present a search for the lepton-flavor-violating decays $${B}_s^0$$ → ℓτ±, where ℓ = e, μ, using the full data sample of 121 fb-1 collected at the Υ(5S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e- collider. We use $${B}_s^0{\overline{B}}_s^0$$ events in which one $${B}_s^0$$ meson is reconstructed in a semileptonic decay mode and the other in the signal mode. We find no evidence for ($${B}_s^0$$ → ℓτ± decays and set upper limits on their branching fractions at 90% confidence level as $$\mathcal{B}$$($${B}_s^0$$ → eτ±) < 14 × 10-4 and $$\mathcal{B}$$ ($${B}_s^0$$ → μτ±) < 7.3 × 10-4. Our result represents the first upper limit on the $${B}_s^0$$ → eτ± decay rate.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Contributing Organization:
The Belle Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
2424180
Journal Information:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 2023; ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer NatureCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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