Measurement of the time-dependent CP asymmetry of partially reconstructed B[superscript 0]→D[superscript *+]D[superscript *-] decays
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Dujmic, Denis
Sciolla, Gabriella
Cowan, Ray F
Date Issued
December 2012
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Physical Review D
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American Physical Society
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Lees, J. P. et al. “Measurement of the Time-dependent CP Asymmetry of Partially Reconstructed B^{0}→D^{*+}D^{*-} Decays.” Physical Review D 86.11 (2012). © 2012 American Physical Society
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Abstract
We present a new measurement of the time-dependent CP asymmetry of B[superscript 0]→D[superscript *+]D[superscript *-] decays using (471±5) million BB̅ pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B Factory at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Using the technique of partial reconstruction, we measure the time-dependent CP asymmetry parameters S=-0.34±0.12±0.05 and C=+0.15±0.09±0.04. Using the value for the CP-odd fraction R[subscript ⊥]=0.158±0.028±0.006, previously measured by BABAR with fully reconstructed B[superscript 0]→D[superscript *+]D[superscript *-] events, we extract the CP-even components S+=-0.49±0.18±0.07±0.04 and C+=+0.15±0.09±0.04. In each case, the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic; the third uncertainty on S+ is the contribution from the uncertainty on R[subscript ⊥]. The measured value of the CP-even component S+ is consistent with the value of sin2β measured in b→(cc̅ )s transitions, and with the Standard Model expectation of small penguin contributions.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.112006
