Abstract
We report preliminary results of a search for CPT and Lorentz violation in B0-B0bar oscillations using an inclusive dilepton sample collected by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II B Factory. Using a sample of 232 million BBbar pairs, we search for time-dependent variations in the complex CPT parameter z = z0 + z1*cos(Omega*t^ + phi) where Omega is the Earth's sidereal frequency and t^ is sidereal time. We measure Im(z0) = (-14.1 +- 7.3(stat) +- 2.4(syst)) x 10E-3, DeltaGamma*Re(z0) = (-7.2 +- 4.1(stat) +- 2.1(syst)) x 10E-3 ps-1, Im(z1) = (-24.0 +- 10.7(stat) +- 5.9(syst)) x 10E-3, and DeltaGamma*Re(z1) = (-18.8 +- 5.5(stat) +- 4.0(syst)) x 10E-3 ps-1, where DeltaGamma is the difference between the decay rates of the neutral B mass eigenstates. The statistical correlation between the measurements of Im(z0) and DeltaGamma*Re(z0) is 76%: between Im(z1) and DeltaGamma*Re(z1) it is 79%. These results are used to evaluate expressions involving coefficients for Lorentz and CPT violation in the general Lorentz-violating standard-model extension. In a complementary approach, we examine the spectral power of periodic variations in z over a wide range of frequencies and find no significant signal.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on High Energy Physics |
Editors | Alexey Sissakian, Gennady Kozlov, Elena Kolganova |
Number of pages | 19 |
Publication status | Published - 2006 |
Event | 33rd International Conference on High-Energy Physics - Moscow, Russian Federation Duration: 26 Jul 2006 → 2 Aug 2006 |
Conference
Conference | 33rd International Conference on High-Energy Physics |
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Abbreviated title | ICHEP '06 |
Country/Territory | Russian Federation |
City | Moscow |
Period | 26/07/06 → 2/08/06 |