Angular Analysis of the B0 → K*(892)0μ+μ- Decay in Proton-Proton Collisions at √s=13 TeV

Abstract

A full set of optimized observables is measured in an angular analysis of the decay B-0 -> K*(892)(0)mu(+)mu(-) using a sample of proton-proton collisions at root s = 13 TeV, collected with the CMS detector at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 140 fb(-1). The analysis is performed in six bins of the squared invariant mass of the dimuon system, q(2), over the range 1.1 < q(2) < 16 GeV2. The results are among the most precise experimental measurements of the angular observables for this decay and are compared to a variety of predictions based on the standard model. Some of these predictions exhibit tension with the measurements.