Evidence for CP violation in B+ → pp¯K+ decays

LHCb Collaboration; R. Aaij; B. Adeva; M. Adinolfi; A. Affolder; Z. Ajaltouni; S. Akar; J. Albrecht; F. Alessio; M. Alexander; S. Ali; G. Alkhazov; P. Alvarez Cartelle; A. A. Alves; S. Amato; S. Amerio; Y. Amhis; L. An; L. Anderlini; J. Anderson; R. Andreassen; M. Andreotti; J. E. Andrews; R. B. Appleby; O. Aquines Gutierrez; F. Archilli; A. Artamonov; M. Artuso; E. Aslanides; G. Auriemma; M. Baalouch; S. Bachmann; J. J. Back; A. Badalov; W. Baldini; R. J. Barlow; C. Barschel; S. Barsuk; W. Barter; S. Bifani; N. Farley; P. Griffith; P. Ilten; I. R. Kenyon; C. Lazzeroni; A. Mazurov; J. McCarthy; C. J. Parkinson; L. Pescatore; D. Popov; N. K. Watson

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.141801

Evidence for CP violation in B⁺ → pp¯K⁺ decays

LHCb Collaboration
, R. Aaij^*
, B. Adeva
, M. Adinolfi
, A. Affolder
, Z. Ajaltouni
, S. Akar
, J. Albrecht
, F. Alessio
, M. Alexander
, S. Ali
, G. Alkhazov
, P. Alvarez Cartelle
, A. A. Alves
, S. Amato
, S. Amerio
, Y. Amhis
, L. An
, L. Anderlini
, J. Anderson

R. Andreassen, M. Andreotti, J. E. Andrews, R. B. Appleby, O. Aquines Gutierrez, F. Archilli, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, M. Baalouch, S. Bachmann, J. J. Back, A. Badalov, W. Baldini, R. J. Barlow, C. Barschel, S. Barsuk, W. Barter, S. Bifani, N. Farley, P. Griffith, P. Ilten, I. R. Kenyon, C. Lazzeroni, A. Mazurov, J. McCarthy, C. J. Parkinson, L. Pescatore, D. Popov, N. K. Watson

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Three-body B⁺→pp¯K⁺ and B⁺→pp¯π⁺ decays are studied using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0fb^-1 collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. Evidence of CP violation in the B⁺→pp¯K⁺ decay is found in regions of the phase space, representing the first measurement of this kind for a final state containing baryons. Measurements of the forward-backward asymmetry of the light meson in the pp¯ rest frame yield A_FB(pp¯K⁺,m_pp¯<2.85GeV/c²)=0.495±0.012(stat)±0.007(syst) and A_FB(pp¯π+,m_pp¯<2.85GeV/c²)=-0.409±0.033(stat)±0.006(syst). In addition, the branching fraction of the decay B⁺→Λ¯(1520)p is measured to be B(B⁺→Λ¯(1520)p)=(3.15±0.48(stat)±0.07(syst)±0.26(BF))×10^-7, where BF denotes the uncertainty on secondary branching fractions.

Original language	English
Article number	141801
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	113
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.141801
Publication status	Published - 29 Sept 2014

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LHCb Collaboration, Aaij, R., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A. A., Amato, S., Amerio, S., Amhis, Y., An, L., Anderlini, L., ... Watson, N. K. (2014). Evidence for CP violation in B⁺ → pp¯K⁺ decays. Physical Review Letters, 113(14), Article 141801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.141801

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