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An analysis of $Λ_b^0 \rightarrow Λμ^+μ^-$ decays at the LHCb experiment

The branching fraction of the rare decay $Λ_b^0 \rightarrow Λμ^+ μ^-$ is measured as a function of $q^2$, the square of the dimuon invariant mass. The analysis is performed using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb$^{-1}$, collected by the LHCb experiment. Evidence of signal is found for the first time in the $q^2$ region below the square of the J/$ψ$ mass. In the $q^2$ intervals where the signal is observed, angular distributions are studied and two forward-backward asymmetries, in the dimuon and hadronic systems, are measured for the first time.