We report the result of a search for the rare decay B0→γγ using a combined dataset of 753×106 BB¯ pairs collected by the Belle experiment and 387×106 BB¯ pairs collected by the Belle II experiment from decays of the ϒ(4S) resonance produced in e+e- collisions. A simultaneous fit to the Belle and Belle II data sets yields 11.0-5.5+6.5 signal events, corresponding to a 2.5σ significance. We determine the branching fraction B(B0→γγ)=(3.7-1.8+2.2(stat)±0.5(syst))×10-8 and set a 90% credibility level upper limit of B(B0→γγ)<6.4×10-8.

Search for the decay B0 →γγ using Belle and Belle II data / Adachi, I., Aggarwal, L., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., Aloisio, A., Al Said, S., Althubiti, N., Anh Ky, N., Asner, D.M., Atmacan, H., Aushev, T., Aushev, V., Aversano, M., Ayad, R., Babu, V., Bae, H., Bahinipati, S., Bambade, P., Banerjee, S., Bansal, S., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 2470-0010. - 110:3(2024). [10.1103/PhysRevD.110.L031106]

Search for the decay B0 →γγ using Belle and Belle II data

Aloisio A.;Campajola M.;De Nardo G.;Di Capua F.;Gaudino G.;Giordano R.;Merola M.;Mirra M.;Pardi S.;
2024

Abstract

We report the result of a search for the rare decay B0→γγ using a combined dataset of 753×106 BB¯ pairs collected by the Belle experiment and 387×106 BB¯ pairs collected by the Belle II experiment from decays of the ϒ(4S) resonance produced in e+e- collisions. A simultaneous fit to the Belle and Belle II data sets yields 11.0-5.5+6.5 signal events, corresponding to a 2.5σ significance. We determine the branching fraction B(B0→γγ)=(3.7-1.8+2.2(stat)±0.5(syst))×10-8 and set a 90% credibility level upper limit of B(B0→γγ)<6.4×10-8.
2024
Search for the decay B0 →γγ using Belle and Belle II data / Adachi, I., Aggarwal, L., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., Aloisio, A., Al Said, S., Althubiti, N., Anh Ky, N., Asner, D.M., Atmacan, H., Aushev, T., Aushev, V., Aversano, M., Ayad, R., Babu, V., Bae, H., Bahinipati, S., Bambade, P., Banerjee, S., Bansal, S., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 2470-0010. - 110:3(2024). [10.1103/PhysRevD.110.L031106]
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