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

Bianchi, F.;Biswas, D.;Boschetti, A.;Destefanis, M.;Maggiora, M.;Marcello, S.;Pinna Angioni, G.;Spataro, S.;Tamponi, U.;
2024-01-01

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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
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L031106-1
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B0 decays; Y(4S)
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, ...espandi
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