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Search for lepton-universality violation in $B^+\to K^+\ell^+\ell^-$ decays

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A measurement of the ratio of branching fractions of the decays $B^+\to K^+\mu^+\mu^-$ and $B^+\to K^+e^+e^-$ is presented. The proton-proton collision data used correspond to an integrated luminosity of $5.0\,$fb$^{-1}$ recorded with the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of $7$, $8$ and $13\,$TeV. For the dilepton mass-squared range $1.1 < q^2 < 6.0\,$GeV$^2\!/c^4$ the ratio of branching fractions is measured to be $R_K = {0.846\,^{+\,0.060}_{-\,0.054}\,^{+\,0.016}_{-\,0.014}}$, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. This is the most precise measurement of $R_K$ to date and is compatible with the Standard Model at the level of 2.5 standard deviations.

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Combined explanation of the B-anomalies

hep-ph · 2019-06-30 · unverdicted · novelty 4.0

Four models for combined explanation of B anomalies are tested with general couplings, excluding three and constraining the fourth.

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