Observation of the B[superscript 0] → p[superscript 0]p[superscript 0] decay from an amplitude analysis of B[superscript 0] → (π[superscript +]π[superscript −])(π[superscript +]π[superscript −]) decays
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Counts, Ian Thomas Hunt
Williams, Michael
Ilten, Philip J
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June 2015
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Physics Letters B
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Elsevier
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Aaij, R., et al. “Observation of the B[superscript 0] → p[superscript 0]p[superscript 0] Decay from an Amplitude Analysis of B[superscript 0] → (π[superscript +]π[superscript −])(π[superscript +]π[superscript −]) Decays.” Physics Letters B 747 (July 2015): 468–478. © 2015 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb Collaboration
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Proton–proton collision data recorded in 2011 and 2012 by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb[superscript −1], are analysed to search for the charmless B[superscript 0] → ρ[superscript 0]ρ[superscript 0] decay. More than 600 B[superscript 0] → (π[superscript +]π[superscript −])(π[superscript +]π[superscript −]) signal decays are selected and used to perform an amplitude analysis, under the assumption of no CP violation in the decay, from which the B[superscript 0] → ρ[superscript 0]ρ[superscript 0] decay is observed for the first time with 7.1 standard deviations significance. The fraction of B[superscript 0] → ρ[superscript 0]ρ[superscript 0] decays yielding a longitudinally polarised final state is measured to be f[subscript L] = 0.745[+0.048 over −0.058](stat) ± 0.034(syst). The B[superscript 0] → ρ[superscript 0]ρ[superscript 0] branching fraction, using the B[superscript 0] → ϕK[superscript ⁎](892)[superscript 0] decay as reference, is also reported as B(B[superscript 0] → ρ[superscript 0]ρ[superscript 0]) = (0.94 ± 0.17(stat) ± 0.09(syst) ± 0.06(BF)) × 10[superscript −6].
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.06.027
