Observation of direct CP violation in the measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa angle γ with B[superscript ±]→D[superscript (*)]K[superscript (*)±] decays
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Cowan, Ray Franklin; Dujmic, Denis; Sciolla, Gabriella
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We report the determination of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa CP-violating angle γ through the combination of various measurements involving B[superscript ±]→DK[superscript ±], B[superscript ±]→D*K[superscript ±], and B[superscript ±]→DK[*superscript ±] decays performed by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II e+e- collider at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Using up to 474 million BB̅ pairs, we obtain γ=(69[subscript -16]+17)° modulo 180°. The total uncertainty is dominated by the statistical component, with the experimental and amplitude-model systematic uncertainties amounting to ±4°. The corresponding two-standard-deviation region is 41°<γ<102°. This result is inconsistent with γ=0 with a significance of 5.9 standard deviations.
Date issued
2013-03Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear ScienceJournal
Physical Review D
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Lees, J. P., V. Poireau, V. Tisserand, E. Grauges, A. Palano, G. Eigen, B. Stugu, et al. “Observation of direct CP violation in the measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa angle γ with B^{±}→D^{(*)}K^{(*)±} decays.” Physical Review D 87, no. 5 (March 2013). © 2013 American Physical Society
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1550-7998
1550-2368