Measurement of CP asymmetries and polarisation fractions in B0s→K∗0K¯∗0 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. AndersonR. 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, C. Baesso, W. Baldini, R. J. Barlow, C. Barschel, S. Barsuk, 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

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Abstract

An angular analysis of the decay B0s→K∗0K¯∗0 is performed using pp collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb−1 collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy √s=7 TeV. A combined angular and mass analysis separates six helicity amplitudes and allows the measurement of the longitudinal polarisation fraction fL = 0.201 ± 0.057 (stat.) ± 0.040 (syst.) for the B0s→K*(892)0K-*(892)0 decay. A large scalar contribution from the K*0(1430) and K*0(800) resonances is found, allowing the determination of additional CP asymmetries. Triple product and direct CP asymmetries are determined to be compatible with the Standard Model expectations. The branching fraction ℬ(Bs→K(892)0(892)0) is measured to be (10.8 ± 2.1 (stat.) ± 1.4 (syst.) ± 0.6 (fd/fs)) × 10−6.

Original languageEnglish
Article number166
Number of pages28
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2015
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jul 2015

Keywords

  • B physics
  • CP violation
  • Flavour Changing Neutral Currents
  • Hadron-Hadron Scattering
  • Polarization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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