A search for the decay K-s(0) -> mu(+)mu(-) is performed, based on a data sample of 1.0fb(-1) of pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. The observed number of candidates is consistent with the background-only hypothesis, yielding an upper limit of B(K-S(0) -> mu(+)mu(-)) < 11(9) x 10(-9) at 95 (90)% confidence level. This limit is a factor of thirty below the previous measurement.
Olivier Schneider, Aurelio Bay, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Frédéric Blanc, Lesya Shchutska, Elena Graverini, Sebastian Schulte, Donal Patrick Hill, Marie Theres Christin Bachmayer, Serhii Cholak, Veronica Sølund Kirsebom, Ettore Zaffaroni, Surapat Ek-In, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Sara Celani, Renato Quagliani, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Yunxuan Song, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Sonia Amina Bouchiba, Elisabeth Maria Niel, Federico Ronchetti, Radoslav Marchevski, Anni Matilda Kauniskangas, Dimitrios Kaminaris, Raphaël van Laak, Maria Carolina Feliciano Faria, Louis André Marie Jean Henry