$\mathrm{B}\to \mu^+\mu^-$ rare decays at CMS

Abstract

We report on the results obtained from the search for leptonic decays

$\mathrm{B^0_s}\to \mu^+\mu^-$ and

$\mathrm{B^0}\to \mu^+\mu^-$ in pp collisions at

$\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV and 8 TeV, collected at CMS during 2011 and 2012 data-taking, for a total of 25 fb

$^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity. We measured the branching fraction

$\mathcal{B}$ (

$\mathrm{B^0_s}\to \mu^+\mu^-$ )=

$(3.0^{+1.0}_{-0.9})\times 10^{-9}$ and we observed an excess of

$\mathrm{B^0_s}\to \mu^+\mu^-$ events with a significance of 4.3 standard deviations. We measured the upper limit for the branching fraction of the

$\mathrm{B^0}\to \mu^+\mu^-$ ,

$\mathcal{B}$ (

$\mathrm{B^0}\to \mu^+\mu^-$ )<1.1

$\times 10^{-9}$ , at 95% confidence level. We also report on the combined analysis of LHCb and CMS results and present the first observation of the

$\mathrm{B^0_s}\to \mu^+\mu^-$ decay. The branching fractions of this decay as well as of the

$\mathrm{B^0}\to \mu^+\mu^-$ decay are presented.