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Precision measurement of CP violation in BS0 →j / Ψk+K- decays

  • R. Aaij
    ,
  • B. Adeva
    ,
  • M. Adinolfi
    ,
  • A. Affolder
    ,
  • Z. Ajaltouni
    ,
  • S. Akar
  • National Institute for Subatomic Physics
    ,
  • University of Santiago de Compostela
    ,
  • University of Bristol
    ,
  • University of Liverpool
    ,
  • Université Clermont Auvergne
    ,
  • CNRS
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Abstract

The time-dependent CP asymmetry in Bs0→J/ψK+K- decays is measured using pp collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0fb-1, collected with the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. In a sample of 96000 Bs0→J/ψK+K- decays, the CP-violating phase φs is measured, as well as the decay widths ΓL and ΓH of the light and heavy mass eigenstates of the Bs0-B¯s0 system. The values obtained are φs=-0.058±0.049±0.006rad, Γs≡(ΓL+ΓH)/2=0.6603±0.0027±0.0015ps-1, and ΔΓs≡ΓL-ΓH=0.0805±0.0091±0.0032ps-1, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second, systematic. These are the most precise single measurements of those quantities to date. A combined analysis with Bs0→J/ψπ+π- decays gives φs=-0.010±0.039rad. All measurements are in agreement with the standard model predictions. For the first time, the phase φs is measured independently for each polarization state of the K+K- system and shows no evidence for polarization dependence.

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Research Output:
Contribution to journal
Article
Peer-review

Original language

English

Article number

041801

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Physical Review Letters (Volume 114, Issue 4)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 30/01/2015

Publication status

Published - 30/01/2015

ISSN

0031-9007

Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 84921913851
  • WOS: 000351270800002

Funding Details

FundersFunding numbers
NSF
1205805, 1505719
NSF
-
STFC
ST/N000250/1, ST/L001195/1, ST/M001407/1, ST/K001256/1, GRIDPP, ST/M000729/1, ST/K001310/1, ST/J50094X/1, ST/K001604/1, LHCb, ST/H00100X/1, ST/L003538/1, ST/L003112/1, ST/H00100X/2, ST/K000705/1, PP/E000355/1, ST/H006737/1, ST/K001418/1, ST/K00140X/1, ST/M001474/1, LHCb Upgrades, ST/J004332/1, ST/K001302/1, ST/K003410/1, ST/K00137X/1, ST/L003163/1, ST/L003392/1
STFC
-
SNF
152784
SNF
-