Search for $K_{\mathrm{S}(\mathrm{L})}^0\to {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}{\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-}$ decays at LHCb

Abstract

A search for $K_{\mathrm{S}(\mathrm{L})}^0\to {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}{\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-}$ decays is performed using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of $13\mathrm{TeV}$, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $5.4\mathrm{f}{\mathrm{b}}^{-1}$. No $K_{\mathrm{S}(\mathrm{L})}^0\to {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}{\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-}$ signals are found and upper limits are set for the first time on the branching fractions $\mathcal{B}(K_{\text{S}}^0\to {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}{\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-})<1.4\times 10^{-9}$ and $\mathcal{B}(K_{\text{L}}^0\to {\pi }^{+}{\pi }^{-}{\mu }^{+}{\mu }^{-})<6.6\times 10^{-7}$, at the 90% confidence level.

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