Search for the decay Bs0→μ+μ- with the ATLAS detector

A blind analysis searching for the decay B-s(0) -> mu(+)mu(-) has been performed using proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. With an integrated luminosity of 2.4 fb(-1) no excess of events over the background expectation is found and an upper limit is set on the branching fraction BR(B-s(0) -> mu(+)mu(-)) <2.2(1.9) x 10(-8) at 95% (90%) confidence level.

ATLAS Collaboration Mitsou, Vasiliki Fuster Verdú, Juan A. Ferrer Soria, Antonio Castillo Giménez, María Victoria Cabrera Urbán, Susana García García, Carmen Higón Rodríguez, Emilio Martí García, Salvador Ros Martínez, Eduardo González de la Hoz, Santiago Salt Cairols, José Valls Ferrer, Juan Antonio Kaci, Mohammed Fiorini, Luca Hernández Jiménez, Yesenia Lacasta Llácer, Carlos Villaplana Pérez, Miguel 2012 Search for the decay Bs0→μ+μ- with the ATLAS detector Physics Letters B 713 4-5 387 407