Search for lepton-number violating processes in $B^+ \to h^- l^+ l^+$ decays

We have searched for the lepton-number violating processes B+ -> h- l+ l+ with h- = K-/pi- and l+ = e+/mu+, using a sample of 471+/-3 million BBbar events collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II e+e- collider at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. We find no evidence for these decays and place 90% confidence level upper limits on their branching fractions Br(B+ -> pi- e+ e+) < 2.3 x 10^{-8}, Br(B+ -> K- e+ e+) < 3.0 x 10^{-8}, Br(B+ -> pi- mu+ mu+) < 10.7 x 10^{-8}, and Br(B+ -> K- mu+ mu+) < 6.7 x 10^{-8}.

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8 pages, 4 postscript figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. D. RC

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13.20.He
14.60.St
lepton number: violation
B+: branching ratio: upper limit
BaBar
electron positron: annihilation
B: pair production
B+: semileptonic decay
experimental results

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