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A search for the decays B-s(0) -> e(+)e(-) and B-0 e(+)e(-) is performed using data collected with the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7, 8, and 13 TeV, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 1, 2, and 2 fb(-1), respectively. No signal is observed. Assuming no contribution from B-0 -> e(+)e(-) decays, an upper limit on the branching fraction B(B-s(0) -> e(+)e(-)) < 9.4(11.2) x 10(-9) is obtained at 90(95)% confidence level. If no B-s(0) -> e(+)e(-) contribution is assumed, a limit of B(B-0 -> e(+)e(-)) < 2.5(3.0) x 10(-9) is determined at 90(95)% confidence level. These upper limits are more than one order of magnitude lower than the previous values.
Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Frédéric Blanc, Lesya Shchutska, Elena Graverini, Donal Patrick Hill, Marie Theres Christin Bachmayer, Sebastian Schulte, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Yunxuan Song, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Sonia Amina Bouchiba, Serhii Cholak, Federico Ronchetti, Anni Matilda Kauniskangas, Raphaël van Laak, Ettore Zaffaroni, Elisabeth Maria Niel, Pierre Paul Louis Mayencourt, Gianluca Zunica, Abdul-Kerim Guseinov, Radoslav Marchevski, Roberto Ribatti, Andrea Merli, Dimitrios Kaminaris
Jan Steggemann, Konstantin Androsov, Anna Mascellani, Joanna Malgorzata Wanczyk
Jan Steggemann, Konstantin Androsov, Anna Mascellani, Joanna Malgorzata Wanczyk