Photon polarisation in b → sγ using B → K*e+e− at LHCb

Michelle Nicol

doi:10.1051/epjconf/20122812028

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EPJ Web of Conferences 28, 12028 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122812028

Photon polarisation in b → sγ using B → K*e⁺e⁻ at LHCb

Michelle Nicol^a (on behalf of the LHCb collaboration)

Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire, Orsay, France

^a e-mail: nicol@lal.in2p3.fr

Abstract

The b → sγ transition proceeds through flavour changing neutral currents, and thus is particularly sensitive to the effects of new physics. An overview of the method to measure the photon polarisation at the LHCb experiment via an angular analysis of B → K*e⁺e⁻ at low q² is presented. The status of the B → K*μ⁺μ⁻ analysis with 309 pb⁻¹ of pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV at LHCb is also given.