LHCb Confirms Rare B0 Meson Decay Matching Standard Model

LHCb Confirms Rare B0 Meson Decay Matching Standard Model

The LHCb collaboration at CERN reported the observation of a rare decay of B0 mesons into pairs of muons, with a measured rate that aligns with Standard Model predictions. Earlier, the collaboration had announced the first evidence of an ultra-rare beauty-particle decay into two muons, made possible by an upgraded detector built by University of Liverpool researchers. Prior to that, CERN physicists used LHC data to probe particle interactions at scales a hundred billion times smaller than an atom, opening new avenues for studying fundamental forces and dark matter.

参与者

University of Manchester CERN LHCb collaboration Professor Chris Parkes Professor Conor Fitzpatrick Professor Brian Cox UK Science and Technology Facilities Council UK Research and Innovation STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

地点

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom

文章

2026年十一月03日
8 篇总计
CERN Physicists Find Evidence of Ultra-Rare Particle Decay
CERN Physicists Find Evidence of Ultra-Rare Particle Decay

Sci.News • 11月03日 20:37

Researchers at CERN's LHCb experiment have observed a rare decay of B0 mesons into muon pairs, with a measured rate that aligns with Standard Model predictions.

可信度 92% 操纵 8% 中立
Physicists Find Evidence of Rarest Particle Decay After 42 Years
Physicists Find Evidence of Rarest Particle Decay After 42 Years

Mirage News • 11月03日 16:36

Scientists at CERN's LHCb experiment have observed the first evidence of the ultra-rare decay of a beauty particle into two muons, using an upgraded detector built by University of Liverpool researchers.

可信度 85% 操纵 8% 中立
Physicists step closer to the 'Zeptoverse' after 42-year particle search
Physicists step closer to the 'Zeptoverse' after 42-year particle search

Phys.org • 11月03日 15:40

Scientists at CERN's LHCb collaboration have observed evidence for the decay of a beauty meson into two muons, a process predicted to occur once in about 10 billion cases, marking a step toward more precise tests of the Standard Model.

可信度 88% 操纵 8% 中立
Warwick Physicists Find Rarest Beauty Particle Decay Evidence
Warwick Physicists Find Rarest Beauty Particle Decay Evidence

Mirage News • 11月03日 14:44

Researchers from the University of Warwick and a UK-led team have observed the rare decay of a beauty particle into two muons at the LHCb experiment, achieving a 3.2-sigma statistical significance.

可信度 88% 操纵 7% 中立
LHCb Finds Evidence of Rare Particle Decay
LHCb Finds Evidence of Rare Particle Decay

Mirage News • 11月03日 10:50

The LHCb experiment at CERN has observed evidence for the Bd → μ⁺μ⁻ decay with a significance of 3.2 sigma, marking the first single-experiment indication of this one-in-ten-billion process.

可信度 88% 操纵 5% 中立
Scientists Close In on Mysterious Zeptoverse After 40
Scientists Close In on Mysterious Zeptoverse After 40

The European Magazine • 11月03日 09:50

Physicists from the University of Cambridge reported evidence of a decay occurring in one out of every ten billion beauty quarks, a result that could aid future investigations of the sub-zeptometre scale and dark matter.

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Physicists Near Zeptoverse After 42-Year Particle Search
Physicists Near Zeptoverse After 42-Year Particle Search

Mirage News • 11月03日 06:08

Researchers from the University of Manchester contributed to the LHCb experiment's first evidence of the extremely rare B⁰_d → μ⁺μ⁻ decay, a result that tests the Standard Model and opens new avenues for probing physics at zeptometre scales.

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what is it and how will it transform physics?
what is it and how will it transform physics?

BBC • 11月03日 06:01

Researchers at CERN have observed particle interactions at a scale a hundred billion times smaller than an atom, opening new avenues for studying fundamental forces and dark matter.

可信度 88% 操纵 12% 中立