Study of Bs->mu+mu- in CMS

TL;DR

This paper presents a Monte Carlo simulation study for measuring the rare decay Bs->mu+mu- at CMS, focusing on detector simulation, trigger algorithms, and event selection to evaluate detection prospects.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed simulation framework for analyzing Bs->mu+mu- decay in CMS, including trigger and selection strategies, which is novel for this decay channel.

Findings

Estimated sensitivity for Bs->mu+mu- detection

Optimized trigger and selection algorithms

Assessment of background suppression effectiveness

Abstract

We present a Monte Carlo simulation study of measuring the rare leptonic decay Bs->mu+mu- with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The study is based on a full detector simulation for signal and background events. We discuss the high-level trigger algorithm and the offline event selection.