Sirunyan, A. M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Dutta, D.; V. Kumar; Naskar, K.; Netrakanti, P. K.; Pant, L. M.; Shukla, P.; and others (NPD)
Source
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021. Vol. 4: Article no. 124
ABSTRACT
Angular distributions of the decay B+ → K*(892)+μ+μ− are studied using events collected with the CMS detector in √s = 8TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.0 fb−1. The forward-backward asymmetry of the muons and the longitudinal polarization of the K*(892)+ meson are determined as a function of the square of the dimuon invariant mass. These are the first results from this exclusive decay mode and are in agreement with a standard model prediction.