Study of the rare decays of B 0 s and B 0 mesons into muon pairs using data collected during 2015 and 2016 with the ATLAS detector The ATLAS Collaboration A study of the decays B 0 s → µ + µ − and B 0 → µ + µ − has been performed using 26.3 fb −1 of 13 TeV LHC proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector in 2015 and 2016. Since the detector resolution in µ + µ − invariant mass is comparable to the B 0 s -B 0 mass difference, a single fit determines the signal yields for both decay modes. This results in a measurement of the branching fraction B(B 0 s → µ + µ − ) = 3.2 +1.1 −1.0 × 10 −9 and an upper limit B(B 0 → µ + µ − ) < 4.3 × 10 −10 at 95% confidence level. The result is combined with the Run 1 ATLAS result, yielding B(B 0 s → µ + µ − ) = 2.8 +0.8 −0.7 ×10 −9 and B(B 0 → µ + µ − ) < 2.1×10 −10 at 95% confidence level. The combined result is consistent with the Standard Model prediction within 2.4 standard deviations in the B(B 0 → µ + µ − )-B(B 0 s → µ + µ − ) plane.
The cross section for the inclusive production of isolated photons has been measured in pp collisions at √ s = 1.96 TeV with the DØ detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The photons span transverse momenta 23 to 300 GeV and have pseudorapidity |η| < 0.9. The cross section is compared with the results from two next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculations. The theoretical predictions agree with the measurement within uncertainties.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.