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Register a new userMeasurement of the forward-backward asymmetry in $Z/gamma^{ast} rightarrow mu^{+}mu^{-}$ decays and determination of the effective weak mixing angle
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The forward-backward charge asymmetry for the process $qbar{q} rightarrow Z/gamma^{ast} rightarrow mu^{+}mu^{-}$ is measured as a function of the invariant mass of the dimuon system. Measurements are performed using proton proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector at $sqrt{s} = 7$ and 8tev, corresponding to integrated luminosities of $1$fb$^{-1}$ and $2$fb$^{-1}$ respectively. Within the Standard Model the results constrain the effective electroweak mixing angle to be $$sin^{2}theta_{W}^{eff} = 0.23142 pm 0.00073 pm 0.00052 pm 0.00056 $$ where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third theoretical. This result is in agreement with the current world average, and is one of the most precise determinations at hadron colliders to date.
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A measurement of the $CP$ asymmetry in $B^+ rightarrow K^+ mu^+ mu^-$ decays is presented using $pp$ collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0${,fb}^{-1}$, recorded by the LHCb experiment during 2011 at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The measurement is performed in seven bins of $mu^+ mu^-$ invariant mass squared in the range ${0.05<q^{2}<22.00{mathrm{GeV^2/}c^4}}$, excluding the ${J/psi}$ and $psi{(2S)}$ resonance regions. Production and detection asymmetries are corrected for using the $B^+ rightarrow J/psi K^+$ decay as a control mode. Averaged over all the bins, the $CP$ asymmetry is found to be ${{cal A}_{CP} = 0.000pm 0.033{(stat.)} pm0.005 {(syst.)} pm 0.007{}(J/psi K^+)}$, where the third uncertainty is due to the $CP$ asymmetry of the control mode. This is consistent with the Standard Model prediction.
The direct $C!P$ asymmetries of the decays $B^0 rightarrow K^{*0} mu^+ mu^-$ and $B^+ rightarrow K^{+} mu^+ mu^-$ are measured using $pp$ collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0$mbox{fb}^{-1}$ collected with the LHCb detector. The respective control modes $B^0 rightarrow J/psi K^{*0}$ and $B^+ rightarrow J/psi K^{+}$ are used to account for detection and production asymmetries. The measurements are made in several intervals of $mu^+ mu^-$ invariant mass squared, with the $phi(1020)$ and charmonium resonance regions excluded. Under the hypothesis of zero $C!P$ asymmetry in the control modes, the average values of the asymmetries are begin{align} {cal A}_{C!P}(B^0 rightarrow K^{*0} mu^+ mu^-) &= -0.035 pm 0.024 pm 0.003, cr {cal A}_{C!P}(B^+ rightarrow K^{+} mu^+ mu^-) &= phantom{-}0.012 pm 0.017 pm 0.001, end{align} where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are due to systematic effects. Both measurements are consistent with the Standard Model prediction of small $C!P$ asymmetry in these decays.
A measurement of the CP asymmetry in B0 -> K*0 mu+ mu- decays is presented, based on 1.0fb-1 of pp collision data recorded by the LHCb experiment during 2011. The measurement is performed in six bins of invariant mass squared of the mu+ mu- pair, excluding the J/psi and psi(2S) resonance regions. Production and detection asymmetries are removed using the B0 -> J/Psi K*0 decay as a control mode. The integrated CP asymmetry is found to be -0.072 +- 0.040 (stat.) +- 0.005 (syst.), consistent with the Standard Model.
The isospin asymmetries of $B to K^{(*)}mu^+mu^-$ decays and the partial branching fractions of $B^0 to K^0mu^+mu^-$ and $B^+ to K^{*+}mu^+mu^-$ are measured as a function of the di-muon mass squared $q^2$ using an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb$^{-1}$ collected with the LHCb detector. The $B to Kmu^+mu^-$ isospin asymmetry integrated over $q^2$ is negative, deviating from zero with over 4 $sigma$ significance. The $B to K^{*}mu^+mu^-$ decay measurements are consistent with the Standard Model prediction of negligible isospin asymmetry. The observation of the decay $B^0 to K^0_{rmscriptscriptstyle S}mu^+mu^-$ is reported with 5.7 $sigma$ significance. Assuming that the branching fraction of $B^0 to K^0mu^+mu^-$ is twice that of $B^0 to K^0_{rmscriptscriptstyle S}mu^+mu^-$, the branching fractions of $B^0 to K^0mu^+mu^-$ and $B to K^{*+}mu^+mu^-$ are found to be ($0.31^{+0.07}_{-0.06}) times 10^{-6}$ and ($1.16pm0.19) times 10^{-6}$, respectively.
We present an angular analysis of the $B^{+}rightarrow K^{ast+}(rightarrow K_{S}^{0}pi^{+})mu^{+}mu^{-}$ decay using 9$,mbox{fb}^{-1}$ of $pp$ collision data collected with the LHCb experiment. For the first time, the full set of CP-averaged angular observables is measured in intervals of the dimuon invariant mass squared. Local deviations from Standard Model predictions are observed, similar to those in previous LHCb analyses of the isospin-partner $B^{0}rightarrow K^{ast0}mu^{+}mu^{-}$ decay. The global tension is dependent on which effective couplings are considered and on the choice of theory nuisance parameters.
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