Abstract
A search for the lepton-flavor violating decays B+→K+μ±e∓ is performed using a sample of proton-proton collision data, collected with the LHCb experiment at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb-1. No significant signal is observed, and upper limits on the branching fractions are set as B(B+→K+μ-e+)<7.0(9.5)×10-9 and B(B+→K+μ+e-)<6.4(8.8)×10-9 at 90% (95)% confidence level. The results improve the current best limits on these decays by more than one order of magnitude.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 241802 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 123 |
Issue number | 24 |
Early online date | 12 Dec 2019 |
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Publication status | Published - 13 Dec 2019 |