A study of the de
cay
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colle
cted by the LHCb dete
ctor in proton–proton
collisions at a
centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV,
corresponding to an integrated luminosity of
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cay
candidates with muon pairs that have an invariant mass in the range
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considered. This region is dominated by the
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ω resonan
ces. The bran
ching fra
ction in this range is measured to be
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This is the first observation of the de
cay
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ching fra
ction is
consistent with the value expe
cted in the Standard Model.