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Test of Lepton Flavor Universality with 𝐵0𝑠 →𝜙ℓ+ℓ− Decays
Physical Review Letters. 2025. Vol. 134. Article 121803.
Lepton flavor universality in rare 𝑏 →𝑠 transitions is tested for the first time using 𝐵0𝑠 meson decays. The measurements are performed using 𝑝𝑝 collision data collected by the LHCb experiment between 2011 and 2018, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 9 fb−1. Branching fraction ratios between the 𝐵0𝑠→𝜙𝑒+𝑒− and 𝐵0𝑠 →𝜙𝜇+𝜇− decays are measured in three regions of dilepton mass squared, 𝑞2, with 0.1<𝑞2<1.1, 1.1 <𝑞2 <6.0, and 15<𝑞2<19 GeV2/𝑐4. The results agree with the standard model expectation of lepton flavor universality.
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