Search for Rare $b\to d{\ell }^{+}{\ell }^{-}$ Transitions at Belle

Abstract

We present the results of a search for the $b\to d{\ell }^{+}{\ell }^{-}$ flavor-changing neutral-current rare decays $B^{+,0}\to (\eta ,\omega ,{\pi }^{+,0},{\rho }^{+,0})e^{+}{e}^{-}$ and $B^{+,0}\to (\eta ,\omega ,{\pi }^0,{\rho }^{+}){\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-}$ using a $711$ fb${}^{-1}$ data sample that contains $772\times 10^6$ $B\overline{B}$ events. The data were collected at the ${\rm Y}(4S)$ resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ collider. We find no evidence for signal and set upper limits on branching fractions at the $90\%$ confidence level in the range $(3.8-47)\times 10^{-8}$ depending on the decay channel. The obtained limits are the world's best results. This is the first search for the channels $B^{+,0}\to (\omega ,{\rho }^{+,0})e^{+}{e}^{-}$ and $B^{+,0}\to (\omega ,{\rho }^{+}){\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-}$.

7 pages, 12 figures

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