Lifetime Difference and CP Asymmetry in the Bs -> J/psi phi decay

2007/10/09 by T. Kuhr, Kuhr, Thomas
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0710.1789

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Abstract

The Bs meson is an interesting particle to study because a sizable mixing induced CP violation in the Bs-Bsbar system would be an indication for physics beyond the Standard Model. In this paper we present a measurement of the lifetime difference DeltaGamma between the Bs mass eigenstates and the CP violating phase in the decay Bs -> J/psi phi. In 1.7 fb^-1 of data collected with the CDF II detector at the Tevatron ppbar collider we measure DeltaGamma = 0.076 +0.059-0.063 (stat.) +- 0.006 (syst.) ps^-1, well consistent with the Standard Model prediction, and a mean Bs lifetime of ctau_s = 456 +-13 (stat.) +- 7 (syst.) m^-6. We find no evidence for CP violation.

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