A measurement of the ratio of branching fractions R(J/psi) = B(B-c(+) -> J/psi tau(+)nu(tau))/B(B-c(+) -> J/psi mu(+)nu(mu)) in the J/psi -> mu(+)mu(-), tau(+) -> mu(+)nu(mu)(nu) over bar (tau) decay channel is presented. This measurement uses a sample of proton-proton collision data collected at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV by the CMS experiment in 2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 59.7 fb(-1). The measured ratio, R(J/psi) = 0.17(-0.17)(+0.18) (stat)(+0.21)(-0.22) (syst)(+0.19)(-0.18) (theo) = 0.17 +/- 0.33, agrees with the value of 0.2582 +/- 0.0038 predicted by the standard model, which assumes lepton flavor universality. By testing lepton flavor universality, this measurement is a probe of new physics using B-c(+) mesons, which are currently only produced at the LHC.

Test of lepton flavor universality in semileptonic B+c meson decays in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV

Primavera, F.;Ardino, R.;Bortolato, G.;Carlin, R.;Margoni, M.;Migliorini, M.;Pazzini, J.;Ronchese, P.;Rossin, R.;Simonetto, F.;Strong, G.;Tosi, M.;Triossi, A.;Zanetti, M.;
2025

Abstract

A measurement of the ratio of branching fractions R(J/psi) = B(B-c(+) -> J/psi tau(+)nu(tau))/B(B-c(+) -> J/psi mu(+)nu(mu)) in the J/psi -> mu(+)mu(-), tau(+) -> mu(+)nu(mu)(nu) over bar (tau) decay channel is presented. This measurement uses a sample of proton-proton collision data collected at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV by the CMS experiment in 2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 59.7 fb(-1). The measured ratio, R(J/psi) = 0.17(-0.17)(+0.18) (stat)(+0.21)(-0.22) (syst)(+0.19)(-0.18) (theo) = 0.17 +/- 0.33, agrees with the value of 0.2582 +/- 0.0038 predicted by the standard model, which assumes lepton flavor universality. By testing lepton flavor universality, this measurement is a probe of new physics using B-c(+) mesons, which are currently only produced at the LHC.
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