A search for the decay K0S → μ+ μ− is performed, based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb^−1, collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The observed yield is consistent with the background-only hypothesis, yielding a limit on the branching fraction of B(K0S → μ+ μ−) < 0.8 (1.0) × 10^−9 at 90% (95%) confidence level. This result improves the previous upper limit on the branching fraction by an order of magnitude.

Improved Limit on the Branching Fraction of the Rare Decay K0S → μ+ μ−

Capriotti, L.;
2017

Abstract

A search for the decay K0S → μ+ μ− is performed, based on a data sample of proton-proton collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb^−1, collected by the LHCb experiment at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The observed yield is consistent with the background-only hypothesis, yielding a limit on the branching fraction of B(K0S → μ+ μ−) < 0.8 (1.0) × 10^−9 at 90% (95%) confidence level. This result improves the previous upper limit on the branching fraction by an order of magnitude.
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