We present the study of Bover ¯^{0}→Σ_{c}(2455)^{0,++}π^{±}pover ¯ decays based on 772×10^{6} BBover ¯ events collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e^{+}e^{-} collider. The ...Σ_{c}(2455)^{0,++} candidates are reconstructed via their decay to Λ_{c}^{+}π^{∓} and Λ_{c}^{+} decays to pK^{-}π^{+}, pK_{S}^{0}, and Λπ^{+} final states. The corresponding branching fractions are measured to be B(Bover ¯^{0}→Σ_{c}(2455)^{0}π^{+}pover ¯)=(1.09±0.06±0.07)×10^{-4} and B(Bover ¯^{0}→Σ_{c}(2455)^{++}π^{-}pover ¯)=(1.84±0.11±0.12)×10^{-4}, which are consistent with the world average values with improved precision. A new structure is found in the M_{Σ_{c}(2455)^{0,++}π^{±}} spectrum with a significance of 4.2σ including systematic uncertainty. The structure is possibly an excited Λ_{c}^{+} and is tentatively named Λ_{c}(2910)^{+}. Its mass and width are measured to be (2913.8±5.6±3.8) MeV/c^{2} and (51.8±20.0±18.8) MeV, respectively. The products of branching fractions for the Λ_{c}(2910)^{+} are measured to be B(Bover ¯^{0}→Λ_{c}(2910)^{+}pover ¯)×B(Λ_{c}(2910)^{+}→Σ_{c}(2455)^{0}π^{+})=(9.5±3.6±1.6)×10^{-6} and B(Bover ¯^{0}→Λ_{c}(2910)^{+}pover ¯)×B(Λ_{c}(2910)^{+}→Σ_{c}(2455)^{++}π^{-})=(1.24±0.35±0.10)×10^{-5}. Here, the first and second uncertainties are statistical and systematic, respectively.
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We report on the first Belle search for a light CP-odd Higgs boson, A^{0}, that decays into low mass dark matter, χ, in final states with a single photon and missing energy. We search for events ...produced via the dipion transition ϒ(2S)→ϒ(1S)π^{+}π^{-}, followed by the on-shell process ϒ(1S)→γA^{0} with A^{0}→χχ, or by the off-shell process ϒ(1S)→γχχ. Utilizing a data sample of 157.3×10^{6} ϒ(2S) decays, we find no evidence for a signal. We set limits on the branching fractions of such processes in the mass ranges M_{A^{0}}<8.97 GeV/c^{2} and M_{χ}<4.44 GeV/c^{2}. We then use the limits on the off-shell process to set competitive limits on WIMP-nucleon scattering in the WIMP mass range below 5 GeV/c^{2}.
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We search for lepton-number- and baryon-number-violating decays τ− → ¯pe+e−, pe−e−, ¯pe+μ−, ¯pe−μ+, ¯pμ+μ−, and pμ−μ− using 921 fb−1 of data, equivalent to (841 ± 12) × 106 τ+τ− events, recorded with ...the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e− collider. In the absence of a signal, 90% confidence-level upper limits are set on the branching fractions of these decays in the range (1.8 − 4.0) × 10−8. We set the world's first limits on the first four channels and improve the existing limits by an order of magnitude for the last two channels.
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We report the results of a search for the rare, purely leptonic decay B−→μ−ν¯μ performed with a 711 fb−1 data sample that contains 772×106 BB¯ pairs, collected near the ϒ(4S) resonance with the ...Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+e− collider. The signal events are selected based on the presence of a high momentum muon and the topology of the rest of the event showing properties of a generic B-meson decay, as well as the missing energy and momentum being consistent with the hypothesis of a neutrino from the signal decay. We find a 2.4 standard deviation excess above background including systematic uncertainties, which corresponds to a branching fraction of B(B−→μ−ν¯μ)=(6.46±2.22±1.60)×10−7 or a frequentist 90% confidence level interval on the B−→μ−ν¯μ branching fraction of 2.9,10.7×10−7.
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A
bstract
We present a search for the lepton-flavor-violating decays
$$ {B}_s^0 $$
B
s
0
→
ℓ
∓
τ
±
, where
ℓ
=
e, μ
, using the full data sample of 121 fb
−
1
collected at the Υ(5
S
) resonance with ...the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy
e
+
e
−
collider. We use
$$ {B}_s^0{\overline{B}}_s^0 $$
B
s
0
B
¯
s
0
events in which one
$$ {B}_s^0 $$
B
s
0
meson is reconstructed in a semileptonic decay mode and the other in the signal mode. We find no evidence for
$$ {B}_s^0 $$
B
s
0
→ ℓ
∓
τ
±
decays and set upper limits on their branching fractions at 90% confidence level as
$$ \mathcal{B} $$
B
(
$$ {B}_s^0 $$
B
s
0
→ e
∓
τ
±
)
<
14
×
10
−
4
and
$$ \mathcal{B} $$
B
(
$$ {B}_s^0 $$
B
s
0
→ μ
∓
τ
±
)
<
7
.
3
×
10
−
4
. Our result represents the first upper limit on the
$$ {B}_s^0 $$
B
s
0
→ e
∓
τ
±
decay rate.
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