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Observation of the Rare Decay of the η Meson to Four Muons.

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Hayrapetyan, A; Tumasyan, A; Adam, W; Andrejkovic, JW; Bergauer, T; Chatterjee, S; Damanakis, K; Dragicevic, M; Escalante Del Valle, A; Liko, D ...
Published in: Physical review letters
September 2023

A search for the rare η→μ^{+}μ^{-}μ^{+}μ^{-} double-Dalitz decay is performed using a sample of proton-proton collisions, collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC with high-rate muon triggers during 2017 and 2018 and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 101  fb^{-1}. A signal having a statistical significance well in excess of 5 standard deviations is observed. Using the η→μ^{+}μ^{-} decay as normalization, the branching fraction B(η→μ^{+}μ^{-}μ^{+}μ^{-})=[5.0±0.8(stat)±0.7(syst)±0.7(B_{2μ})]×10^{-9} is measured, where the last term is the uncertainty in the normalization channel branching fraction. This work achieves an improved precision of over 5 orders of magnitude compared to previous results, leading to the first measurement of this branching fraction, which is found to agree with theoretical predictions.

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Physical review letters

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1079-7114

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0031-9007

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September 2023

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131

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9

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091903

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  • General Physics
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Hayrapetyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Andrejkovic, J. W., Bergauer, T., Chatterjee, S., … Quadfasel, T. (2023). Observation of the Rare Decay of the η Meson to Four Muons. Physical Review Letters, 131(9), 091903. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.131.091903
Hayrapetyan, A., A. Tumasyan, W. Adam, J. W. Andrejkovic, T. Bergauer, S. Chatterjee, K. Damanakis, et al. “Observation of the Rare Decay of the η Meson to Four Muons.Physical Review Letters 131, no. 9 (September 2023): 091903. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.131.091903.
Hayrapetyan A, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Andrejkovic JW, Bergauer T, Chatterjee S, et al. Observation of the Rare Decay of the η Meson to Four Muons. Physical review letters. 2023 Sep;131(9):091903.
Hayrapetyan, A., et al. “Observation of the Rare Decay of the η Meson to Four Muons.Physical Review Letters, vol. 131, no. 9, Sept. 2023, p. 091903. Epmc, doi:10.1103/physrevlett.131.091903.
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Observation of the Rare Decay of the η Meson to Four Muons. Physical review letters. 2023 Sep;131(9):091903.

Published In

Physical review letters

DOI

EISSN

1079-7114

ISSN

0031-9007

Publication Date

September 2023

Volume

131

Issue

9

Start / End Page

091903

Related Subject Headings

  • General Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 40 Engineering