Searches for the lepton flavour violating decay tau(-) -> mu(-)mu(+)mu(-) and the lepton flavour and baryon number violating decays tau(-) -> (p) over bar mu(+)mu(-) and tau(-) -> p mu(-)mu(-) have been carried out using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb(-1), taken by the LHCb experiment at root s = 7 TeV. No evidence has been found for any signal, and limits have been set at 90% confidence level on the branching fractions: B(tau(-) -> mu(-)mu(+)mu(-) < 8.0 x 10(-8), B(tau(-) -> <(p)over bar>mu(+)mu(-)) < 3.3 x 10(-7) and B(tau(-) -> p mu(-)mu(-)) < 4.4 x 10(-7). The results for the tau(-) -> (p) over bar mu(+)mu(-) and tau(-) -> p mu(-)mu(-) decay modes represent the first direct experimental limits on these channels. (C) 2013 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Aaij, R., Beteta, C., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Adrover, C., Affolder, A., et al. (2013). Searches for violation of lepton flavour and baryon number in tau lepton decays at LHCb. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 724(1-3), 36-45 [10.1016/j.physletb.2013.05.063].

Searches for violation of lepton flavour and baryon number in tau lepton decays at LHCb

CALVI, MARTA;Martinelli, M;Pessina, G;
2013

Abstract

Searches for the lepton flavour violating decay tau(-) -> mu(-)mu(+)mu(-) and the lepton flavour and baryon number violating decays tau(-) -> (p) over bar mu(+)mu(-) and tau(-) -> p mu(-)mu(-) have been carried out using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb(-1), taken by the LHCb experiment at root s = 7 TeV. No evidence has been found for any signal, and limits have been set at 90% confidence level on the branching fractions: B(tau(-) -> mu(-)mu(+)mu(-) < 8.0 x 10(-8), B(tau(-) -> <(p)over bar>mu(+)mu(-)) < 3.3 x 10(-7) and B(tau(-) -> p mu(-)mu(-)) < 4.4 x 10(-7). The results for the tau(-) -> (p) over bar mu(+)mu(-) and tau(-) -> p mu(-)mu(-) decay modes represent the first direct experimental limits on these channels. (C) 2013 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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LHC, flavour physics, lepton number
English
2013
724
1-3
36
45
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Aaij, R., Beteta, C., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Adrover, C., Affolder, A., et al. (2013). Searches for violation of lepton flavour and baryon number in tau lepton decays at LHCb. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 724(1-3), 36-45 [10.1016/j.physletb.2013.05.063].
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