@article{6734862b356148a39313b8845cd36e33,
title = "Search for B(s)∗0→μ+μ- in Bc+→π+μ+μ- decays",
abstract = "A search for the very rare B∗0→μ+μ- and Bs∗0→μ+μ- decays is conducted by analysing the Bc+→π+μ+μ- process. The analysis uses proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector between 2011 and 2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9\textbackslash{},fb-1. The signal signatures correspond to simultaneous peaks in the μ+μ- and π+μ+μ- invariant masses. No evidence for an excess of events over background is observed for either signal decay mode. Upper limits at the 90\% confidence level are set on the branching fractions relative to that for Bc+→J/ψπ+ decays, (Formula presented.)",
author = "G. Zunica and D. Zuliani and Q. Zou and J. Zhuo and V. Zhukov and X. Zhu and X. Zhu and Zhu, \{L. Z.\} and V. Zhovkovska and Y. Zhou and X. Zhou and T. Zhou and Y. Zheng and Zheng, \{X. Z.\} and Zheng, \{S. Z.\} and A. Zhelezov and A. Zharkova and Y. Zhao and Zhang, \{Y. Z.\} and Y. Zhang and S. Zhang and S. Zhang and L. Zhang and J. Zhang and D. Zhang and C. Zhang and M. Zeng and C. Zeng and M. Zdybal and M. Zavertyaev and E. Zaffaroni and Y. Yuan and X. Yuan and J. Yu and Yu, \{C. Y.\} and H. Yin and H. Yeung and V. Yeroshenko and Z. Yang and Z. Yang and Y. Yang and X. Yang and S. Yang and K. Yang and D. Yang and Z. Xu and Z. Xu and Z. Xu and M. Xu and L. Xu and L. Xu and J. Xu and A. Xu and Y. Xie and Z. Xiang and S. Xian and K. Wyllie and Y. Wu and J. Wu and H. Wu and Wotton, \{S. A.\} and G. Wormser and L. Witola and M. Witek and W. Wislicki and Wilson, \{F. F.\} and Z. Williams and R. Williams and Williams, \{M. R.J.\} and M. Williams and Wilkinson, \{M. K.\} and G. Wilkinson and D. Wiedner and Wiederhold, \{A. R.\} and E. Whiter and M. Whitehead and C. White and Westhenry, \{B. D.C.\} and J. Wendel and Y. Wei and D. Websdale and Watson, \{N. K.\} and M. Waterlaat and Ward, \{J. A.\} and Z. Wang and Z. Wang and Z. Wang and Y. Wang and Wang, \{X. W.\} and X. Wang and X. Wang and R. Wang and Wang, \{N. W.\} and M. Wang and J. Wang and J. Wang and J. Wang and J. Wang and G. Wang and C. Wang and G. Wan and Walton, \{E. J.\} and J. Walsh and J. Wagner and C. Vrahas and G. Vouters and K. Vos and N. Voropaev and \{vom Bruch\}, D. and Volle, \{F. C.\} and P. Vincent and A. Villa and \{Vilella Figueras\}, E. and X. Vilasis-Cardona and \{Vieites Diaz\}, M. and \{Vidrier Villalba\}, \{P. V.\} and \{Vico Benet\}, D. and M. Vesterinen and A. Venkateswaran and M. Veltri and Velthuis, \{J. J.\} and S. Vecchi and \{V{\'a}zquez Sierra\}, C. and \{Vazquez Regueiro\}, P. and \{Vazquez Gomez\}, R. and G. Vasquez and \{van Veghel\}, M. and \{Van Laak\}, R. and \{Van Hulse\}, \{C. B.\} and \{van Herwijnen\}, E. and \{Van Hecke\}, H. and \{Valls Canudas\}, N. and G. Valenti and \{Valcarce Cadenas\}, V. and V. Vagnoni and U. Uwer and A. Ustyuzhanin and A. Usachov and E. Ursov and Unverzagt, \{D. J.\} and A. Ukleja and Uecker, \{L. H.\} and N. Tuning and G. Tuci and C. Trippl and Tou, \{D. Y.\} and L. Toscano and Machado, \{D. Torres\} and X. Tong and G. Tonani and L. Tomassetti and M. Tobin and S. T{\textquoteright}Jampens and V. Tisserand and H. Tilquin and Thompson, \{D. J.D.\} and E. Thomas and F. Teubert and F. Terzuoli and A. Terentev and Tat, \{M. D.\} and Y. Tan and T. Szumlak and A. Szabelski and F. Swystun and Swallow, \{P. N.\} and W. Sutcliffe and Lima, \{D. S.Sundfeld\} and Y. Sun and L. Sun and J. Sun and F. Suljik and Y. Su and D. Strekalina and H. Stevens and O. Stenyakin and O. Steinkamp and Stein, \{E. N.\} and S. Stanislaus and S. Stahl and M. Stahl and F. Stagni and V. Sriskaran and P. Spradlin and E. Spiridenkov and Speer, \{J. G.\} and E. Spedicato and \{Spadaro Norella\}, E. and \{Souza De Paula\}, B. and \{Souza De Almeida\}, \{F. L.\} and Song, \{Y. S.\} and Y. Song and Y. Song and R. Song and I. Solovyev and A. Solovev and A. Solomin and Soler, \{F. J.P.\} and Sokoloff, \{M. D.\} and \{Soares Lavra\}, L. and A. Snoch and M. Smith and K. Smith and E. Smith and Smallwood, \{J. C.\} and Slater, \{M. W.\} and T. Skwarnicki and N. Skidmore and S. Simone and G. Simi and Coutinho, \{R. Silva\} and Shupperd, \{J. D.\} and R. Shorkin and E. Shmanin and Y. Shimizu and Q. Shi and B. Shi and V. Shevchenko and S. Sheng and Z. Shen and L. Shekhtman and T. Shears and L. Shchutska and I. Shchemerov and Sharma, \{R. S.\} and M. Shapkin and Shangase, \{D. M.\} and Y. Shang and A. Seuthe and L. Sestini and N. Serra and A. Sergi and \{Senghi Soares\}, M. and T. Senger and A. Semennikov and S. Sellam and A. Sciuccati and B. Sciascia and G. Schwering and R. Schwemmer and Schune, \{M. H.\} and S. Schulte and N. Schulte and M. Monk and Lane, \{J. J.\} and Henderson, \{R. D.L.\} and T. Hadavizadeh and Y. Fujii and U. Egede and S. Dekkers and F.L. Liu and \{The LHCb Collaboration\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2025.",
year = "2025",
month = jan,
day = "13",
doi = "10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-13573-0",
language = "English",
volume = "85",
journal = "European Physical Journal C",
issn = "1434-6044",
publisher = "Springer",
number = "1",
}