Measurement of CP observables in B± → D(⁎)K± and B± → D(⁎)π± decays
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External organisations
- Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Department de Chimie, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
- BRISTOL UNIVERSITY
- LPC
- University of Cincinnati
- Technische Universität Dortmund
- University of Glasgow
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)
- Imperial College London
- Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and INFN
- IN2P3
- Tsinghua University
- Department of Biology and Evolution; University of Ferrara; Ferrara; Italy
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 USA
- University of Manchester
- Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
- CNRS/IN2P3
- Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEP)
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
- THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica Do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
- Yandex School of Data Analysis
Abstract
Measurements of CP observables in B±→D(⁎)K± and B±→D(⁎)π± decays are presented, where D(⁎) indicates a neutral D or D⁎ meson that is an admixture of D(⁎)0 and D¯(⁎)0 states. Decays of the D⁎ meson to the Dπ0 and Dγ final states are partially reconstructed without inclusion of the neutral pion or photon, resulting in distinctive shapes in the B candidate invariant mass distribution. Decays of the D meson are fully reconstructed in the K±π∓, K+K− and π+π− final states. The analysis uses a sample of charged B mesons produced in pp collisions collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.0, 1.0 and 2.0 fb−1 taken at centre-of-mass energies of s=7, 8 and 13 TeV, respectively. The study of B±→D⁎K± and B±→D⁎π± decays using a partial reconstruction method is the first of its kind, while the measurement of B±→DK± and B±→Dπ± decays is an update of previous LHCb measurements. The B±→DK± results are the most precise to date.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 16-30 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics |
Volume | 777 |
Early online date | 5 Dec 2017 |
Publication status | Published - 10 Feb 2018 |