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Measurement of branching fractions, isospin asymmetries and angular observables in exclusive electroweak penguin decays

This thesis describes measurements of rare electroweak penguin decays performed with data collected by the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment corresponding to 3 $\rm{fb}^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity. The purpose of these measurements is to search for physics beyond the theoretical framewo...

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Autor principal: Owen, Patrick Haworth
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1709690
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description This thesis describes measurements of rare electroweak penguin decays performed with data collected by the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment corresponding to 3 $\rm{fb}^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity. The purpose of these measurements is to search for physics beyond the theoretical framework known as the Standard Model (SM). Electroweak penguin decays are sensitive to virtual particles in extensions to the SM whose influence on the decay amplitude can be of similar strength to the SM contribution. The particular measurements that are described in this thesis are the differential branching fractions and isospin asymmetries of $B\to K^{(*)}\mu^{+}\mu^{-}$ decays as well as the angular observables in $B\to K\mu^{+}\mu^{-}$ decays. Although results are consistent with the SM, all the branching fractions of $B\to K^{(*)}\mu^{+}\mu^{-}$ decays tend to favour a lower value than theoretical predictions.
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spelling cern-17096902019-09-30T06:29:59Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/1709690engOwen, Patrick HaworthMeasurement of branching fractions, isospin asymmetries and angular observables in exclusive electroweak penguin decaysParticle Physics - ExperimentThis thesis describes measurements of rare electroweak penguin decays performed with data collected by the Large Hadron Collider beauty experiment corresponding to 3 $\rm{fb}^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity. The purpose of these measurements is to search for physics beyond the theoretical framework known as the Standard Model (SM). Electroweak penguin decays are sensitive to virtual particles in extensions to the SM whose influence on the decay amplitude can be of similar strength to the SM contribution. The particular measurements that are described in this thesis are the differential branching fractions and isospin asymmetries of $B\to K^{(*)}\mu^{+}\mu^{-}$ decays as well as the angular observables in $B\to K\mu^{+}\mu^{-}$ decays. Although results are consistent with the SM, all the branching fractions of $B\to K^{(*)}\mu^{+}\mu^{-}$ decays tend to favour a lower value than theoretical predictions.CERN-THESIS-2014-057oai:cds.cern.ch:17096902014-06-17T09:50:51Z
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Experiment
Owen, Patrick Haworth
Measurement of branching fractions, isospin asymmetries and angular observables in exclusive electroweak penguin decays
title Measurement of branching fractions, isospin asymmetries and angular observables in exclusive electroweak penguin decays
title_full Measurement of branching fractions, isospin asymmetries and angular observables in exclusive electroweak penguin decays
title_fullStr Measurement of branching fractions, isospin asymmetries and angular observables in exclusive electroweak penguin decays
title_full_unstemmed Measurement of branching fractions, isospin asymmetries and angular observables in exclusive electroweak penguin decays
title_short Measurement of branching fractions, isospin asymmetries and angular observables in exclusive electroweak penguin decays
title_sort measurement of branching fractions, isospin asymmetries and angular observables in exclusive electroweak penguin decays
topic Particle Physics - Experiment
url http://cds.cern.ch/record/1709690
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