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Test of Lepton Universality in b→sℓ^{+}ℓ^{-} Decays
R Aaij1, A S W Abdelmotteleb2, C Abellan Beteta3
1Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Abstract:
The first simultaneous test of muon-electron universality using B^{+}→K^{+}ℓ^{+}ℓ^{-} and B^{0}→K^{*0}ℓ^{+}ℓ^{-} decays is performed, in two ranges of the dilepton invariant-mass squared, q^{2}. The analysis uses beauty mesons produced in proton-proton collisions collected with the LHCb detector between 2011 and 2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 9 fb^{-1}. Each of the four lepton universality measurements reported is either the first in the given q^{2} interval or supersedes previous LHCb measurements. The results are compatible with the predictions of the Standard Model.
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