Measurement of the charge asymmetry in semileptonic B-s(0) decays.

Ratoff, Peter N. and Bertram, I. and Borissov, Guennadi and Fox, H. (2007) Measurement of the charge asymmetry in semileptonic B-s(0) decays. Physical Review Letters, 98 (15). p. 151801.

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Abstract

We have performed the first direct measurement of the time-integrated flavor untagged charge asymmetry in semileptonic B decays A by comparing the decay rate of Bµ+DX, where D- and K+K-, with the charge-conjugate decay rate. This sample was selected from 1.3 fb-1 of data collected by the D0 experiment in run II of the Fermilab Tevatron collider. We obtain A=[1.23±0.97(stat)±0.17(syst)]×10-2. Assuming that ms/s1, this result can be translated into a measurement of the CP-violating phase in B mixing: s/mstans= [2.45±1.93(stat)±0.35(syst)]×10-2.

Item Type:	Article
Journal or Publication Title:	Physical Review Letters
Additional Information:	Ratoff led the Lancaster group which carried out the complete data analysis and wrote the paper. This is the first direct constraint on the CP violating phase in the B-s system and has had a significant impact on the field, stimulating substantial theoretical developments, as evidenced by 18 citations (SPIRES). RAE_import_type : Journal article RAE_uoa_type : Physics
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Departments:	Faculty of Science and Technology > Physics
ID Code:	2326
Deposited By:	ep_importer
Deposited On:	02 Apr 2008 16:09
Refereed?:	Yes
Published?:	Published
Last Modified:	26 Jul 2012 16:09
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URI:	http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/2326

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