Measurement of CP observables in B± → D(⁎)K± and B± → D(⁎)π± decays

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, Z. Ajaltouni, S. Akar, J. Albrecht, F. Alessio, M. Alexander, A. Alfonso Albero, S. Ali, G. Alkhazov, P. Alvarez Cartelle, A. A. Alves, S. Amato, S. Amerio, Y. Amhis, L. An, L. Anderlini, G. Andreassi, M. AndreottiJ. E. Andrews, R. B. Appleby, F. Archilli, P. d'Argent, J. Arnau Romeu, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, M. Baalouch, I. Babuschkin, S. Bachmann, W. Barter, A. Bitadze, S. Borghi, J. Brodzicka, C. Burr, L. Capriotti, S. De Capua, G. Dujany, M. Gersabeck, J. Harrison, C. Hombach, S. Klaver, G. Lafferty, K. Maguire, A. McNab, C. Parkes, P. Rodriguez Perez, G. Sarpis, LHCb Collaboration

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    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±→DK± and B±→Dπ± 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.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)16-30
    Number of pages15
    JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
    Volume777
    Early online date5 Dec 2017
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 10 Feb 2018

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