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A Search for Rare Decay D0 --> mu+mu - High Energy Physics UPRM

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List of Tables2.1 Chronological branching ratios <strong>for</strong> weak neutral-current decay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.1 Description of Superstreams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61D©5 theGIHKJL4.2 Description of Superstream 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624.3 Sensitivity number as per Rolke and López . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694.4 An example of Rolke and López 90% Confidence Limits . . . . . . . . . . 704.5 Dimuonic Invariant Mass Cuts <strong>for</strong> Sidebands and Signal Regions . . . . . . 794.6 Cut values <strong>for</strong> each variable considered in the optimization process . . . . . 805.1 Best Cut Combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865.2 Results of Cut Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88xviii

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