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Test of lepton flavor universality in semileptonic B$^+_\text{c}$ meson decays in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV

Aram Hayrapetyan , A. Tumasyan , W. Adam , Janik Walter Andrejkovic , T. Bergauer , S. Chatterjee , K. Damanakis , M. Dragicevic , Priya Sajid Hussain , M. Jeitler ,

arXiv (Cornell University)

Abstract

A measurement of the ratio of branching fractions $R$(J/$\psi$) = $\mathcal{B}$(B$^+_\text{c}$$\to$ J/$\psi$$\tau^+\nu_\tau$)/$\mathcal{B}$(B$^+_\text{c}$$\to$ J/$\psi$$\mu^+\nu_\mu$) in the J/$\psi$$\to$$\mu^+\mu^-$, $\tau^+$$\to$$\mu^+\mu_\tau\overline{\nu}_\tau$ decay channel is presented. This measurement uses a sample of proton-proton collision data collected at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV by the CMS experiment in 2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 59.7 fb$^{-1}$. The measured ratio, $R$(J/$\psi$) = 0.17$^{+ 0.18}_{- 0.17}$ (stat) $^{+ 0.21}_{- 0.22}$ (syst) $^{+ 0.19}_{- 0.18}$ (theo) = 0.17 $\pm$ 0.33, agrees with the value of 0.2582 $\pm$ 0.0038 predicted by the standard model, which assumes lepton flavor universality.

Keywords

Physics Lepton Particle physics B meson Branching fraction Meson Universality (dynamical systems) D meson Nuclear physics Electron

Subject Areas

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies ·Nuclear and High Energy Physics ·Physical Sciences
High-Energy Particle Collisions Research ·Nuclear and High Energy Physics ·Physical Sciences
Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena ·Nuclear and High Energy Physics ·Physical Sciences