Evidence for CP Violation in Time-Integrated D0→h−h+ Decay Rates

A search for time-integrated CP violation in D0→h−h+ (h=K, π) decays is presented using 0.62  fb−1 of data collected by LHCb in 2011. The flavor of the charm meson is determined by the charge of the slow pion in the D*+→D0π+ and D*−→¯¯¯D0π− decay chains. The difference in CP asymmetry between D0→K−K...

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Autores: Calvo Gomez, Miriam, Camboni, Alessandro, Vilasis-Cardona, Xavier, LHCb Collaboration - CERN
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:20.500.14342/3304
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/3304
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.111602
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gran col·lisionador d'hadrons (França i Suïssa)
Partícules (Física nuclear)
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Sumario:A search for time-integrated CP violation in D0→h−h+ (h=K, π) decays is presented using 0.62  fb−1 of data collected by LHCb in 2011. The flavor of the charm meson is determined by the charge of the slow pion in the D*+→D0π+ and D*−→¯¯¯D0π− decay chains. The difference in CP asymmetry between D0→K−K+ and D0→π−π+, ΔACP≡ACP(K−K+)−ACP(π−π+), is measured to be [−0.82±0.21(stat)±0.11(syst)]%. This differs from the hypothesis of CP conservation by 3.5 standard deviations.