BK+B \to K \ell^+ \ell^- and Other Rare BB Meson Decays

Mar, 1986
17 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 57 (1986) 1106
Report number:
  • UCLA/86/TEP/7,
  • OITS-320

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Abstract: (APS)
We calculate the rate and the CP-nonconservation asymmetry for the rare decay B→Kl+l− (l=e or μ). In the standard model with three generations we find the branching ratio to be of the order of 10−6, and the CP-nonconservation asymmetry at most about 1%. The decay proceeds via the flavor-changing loop structure of the standard model, and unlike K→πe+e− suffers few uncertainties and can therefore be used as a probe of new physics. We also comment on other rare decay modes of the B meson.
  • B: DECAY MODES
  • DECAY MODES: B
  • B: BRANCHING RATIO
  • CP: violation
  • Kobayashi-Maskawa model
  • ASYMMETRY
  • DECAY: INCLUSIVE REACTION
  • INCLUSIVE REACTION: DECAY
  • DECAY: EXCLUSIVE REACTION
  • EXCLUSIVE REACTION: DECAY