Abstract
The difference between the CP asymmetries in the decays Λc + → pK−K+ and Λc + → pπ−π+ is presented. Proton-proton collision data taken at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV collected by the LHCb detector in 2011 and 2012 are used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb−1. The Λc + candidates are reconstructed as part of the Λb 0 → Λc +μ−X decay chain. In order to maximize the cancellation of production and detection asymmetries in the difference, the final-state kinematic distributions of the two samples are aligned by applying phase-space-dependent weights to the Λc + → pπ−π+ sample. This alters the definition of the integrated CP asymmetry to ACP wgt(pπ−π+). Both samples are corrected for reconstruction and selection efficiencies across the five-dimensional Λc + decay phase space. The difference in CP asymmetries is found to be ΔACPwgt=ACP(pK−K+)−ACPwgt(pπ−π+)=(0.30±0.91±0.61)%, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Article number | 182 |
| Journal | Journal of High Energy Physics |
| Volume | 2018 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1 2018 |
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Keywords
- Charm physics
- CP violation
- Flavor physics
- Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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A measurement of the CP asymmetry difference between Λc + → pK − K + and pπ−π+ decays. / The Lhcb Collaboration.
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T1 - A measurement of the CP asymmetry difference between Λc + → pK − K + and pπ−π+ decays
AU - The Lhcb Collaboration
AU - Aaij, R.
AU - Adeva, B.
AU - Adinolfi, M.
AU - Ajaltouni, Z.
AU - Akar, S.
AU - Albrecht, J.
AU - Alessio, F.
AU - Alexander, M.
AU - Alfonso Albero, A.
AU - Ali, S.
AU - Alkhazov, G.
AU - Alvarez Cartelle, P.
AU - Alves, A. A.
AU - Amato, S.
AU - Amerio, S.
AU - Amhis, Y.
AU - An, L.
AU - Anderlini, L.
AU - Andreassi, G.
AU - Andreotti, M.
AU - Andrews, J. E.
AU - Appleby, R. B.
AU - Archilli, F.
AU - d’Argent, P.
AU - Arnau Romeu, J.
AU - Artamonov, A.
AU - Artuso, Marina
AU - Aslanides, E.
AU - Atzeni, M.
AU - Auriemma, G.
AU - Baalouch, M.
AU - Babuschkin, I.
AU - Bachmann, S.
AU - Back, J. J.
AU - Badalov, A.
AU - Baesso, C.
AU - Baker, S.
AU - Balagura, V.
AU - Baldini, W.
AU - Baranov, A.
AU - Barlow, R. J.
AU - Barschel, C.
AU - Barsuk, S.
AU - Barter, W.
AU - Baryshnikov, F.
AU - Batozskaya, V.
AU - Blusk, Steven Roy
AU - Rudolph, Matthew
AU - Skwarnicki, Tomasz
AU - Stone, Sheldon
PY - 2018/3/1
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N2 - The difference between the CP asymmetries in the decays Λc + → pK−K+ and Λc + → pπ−π+ is presented. Proton-proton collision data taken at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV collected by the LHCb detector in 2011 and 2012 are used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb−1. The Λc + candidates are reconstructed as part of the Λb 0 → Λc +μ−X decay chain. In order to maximize the cancellation of production and detection asymmetries in the difference, the final-state kinematic distributions of the two samples are aligned by applying phase-space-dependent weights to the Λc + → pπ−π+ sample. This alters the definition of the integrated CP asymmetry to ACP wgt(pπ−π+). Both samples are corrected for reconstruction and selection efficiencies across the five-dimensional Λc + decay phase space. The difference in CP asymmetries is found to be ΔACPwgt=ACP(pK−K+)−ACPwgt(pπ−π+)=(0.30±0.91±0.61)%, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].
AB - The difference between the CP asymmetries in the decays Λc + → pK−K+ and Λc + → pπ−π+ is presented. Proton-proton collision data taken at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV collected by the LHCb detector in 2011 and 2012 are used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb−1. The Λc + candidates are reconstructed as part of the Λb 0 → Λc +μ−X decay chain. In order to maximize the cancellation of production and detection asymmetries in the difference, the final-state kinematic distributions of the two samples are aligned by applying phase-space-dependent weights to the Λc + → pπ−π+ sample. This alters the definition of the integrated CP asymmetry to ACP wgt(pπ−π+). Both samples are corrected for reconstruction and selection efficiencies across the five-dimensional Λc + decay phase space. The difference in CP asymmetries is found to be ΔACPwgt=ACP(pK−K+)−ACPwgt(pπ−π+)=(0.30±0.91±0.61)%, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.[Figure not available: see fulltext.].
KW - Charm physics
KW - CP violation
KW - Flavor physics
KW - Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
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U2 - 10.1007/JHEP03(2018)182
DO - 10.1007/JHEP03(2018)182
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JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
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