Download or read book Search for D0 D 0 Mixing in D0 K pi pi pi Decays written by Yi Zheng (Ph. D.) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We present results of a search for D0-D̄0 mixing by analyzing D0 --> K [pi]− [pi]− [pi]+ decays from events in 230.4 fb-1 e+e- data recorded by BABAR. Assuming CP conservation, we measure the time-integrated mixing rate RM = (0.0019 ... (stat.) ± 0.002 (syst.))%, and RM

Download or read book Search for D0 anti D0 Mixing in the Decays D0 K Pi Pi Pi written by B. Aubert and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We present a search for D{sup 0}-{bar D}{sup 0} mixing in the decays D{sup 0} {yields} K{sup +}{pi}{sup -}{pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -} using 230.4 fb{sup -1} of data collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e{sup +}e{sup -} collider at SLAC. Assuming CP conservation, we measure the time-integrated mixing rate R{sub M} = (0.019{sub -0.015}{sup +0.016}(stat.) {+-} 0.002(syst.))%, and R{sub M}

Download or read book Analysis of D0 K Pi Pi0 Decays written by Michael Galante Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing D{sup 0} {yields} K{sup +}{pi}{sup -}{pi}{sup 0} decays, herein are presented the methods and results of a search for D{sup 0}-{bar D}{sup 0} mixing, a measurement of the branching ratio R {equivalent_to} {Lambda}(D{sup 0} {yields} K{sup +}{pi}{sup -}{pi}{sup 0})/{Lambda}(D{sup 0} {yields} K{sup -}{pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup 0}), and measurements of the contributions from D{sup 0} {yields} K{sup +}{rho}{sup -}, K*{sup +}{pi}{sup -}, K*{sup 0}{pi}{sup 0}; 230.4 fb{sup -1} of data collected from the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider during 2000-2004 (Runs 1-4) are analyzed. An event-level tagging technique is developed, which facilitates the accurate determination of doubly Cabibbo-suppressed resonance contributions by suppressing background from Cabibbo-favored decays. The branching ratio is measured as R = (0.214 {+-} 0.008 (stat) {+-} 0.008 (syst))%, with (46.1 {+-} 3.3 (stat) {+-} 2.9 (syst))% of D{sup 0} {yields} K{sup +}{pi}{sup -}{pi}{sup 0} decays proceeding through the channel D{sup 0} {yields} K*{sup +}{pi}{sup -}. The data are consistent with the null-D-mixing hypothesis at a confidence level of 10%, and the expected value of {+-} {radical}(x{sup 2} + y{sup 2}) is measured as -0.013 {+-} 0.010 (stat), indicating negative interference between mixing and doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decay. The expected value of the integrated mixing rate is (x{sup 2} + y{sup 2})/2 = (0.013 {+-} 0.013 (stat))%.

Download or read book Analysis of D 0 bar D 0 Mixing in D 0 K pi Decays Using the CDF II Detector written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We presented the first observation of D0-$\bar{D}$0 mixing in a single analysis. We measured the ratio of doubly Cabibbo suppressed or WS (D0 → K+[pi]-) decay rate to Cabibbo favored or RS (D0 → K-[pi]+) decay rate as a function of D0 decay time. We used an integrated luminosity of 4.0 fb-1 of proton anti-proton collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV at the collider detector at Fermilab (CDF II).

Download or read book Search for D0 Anti D0 Mixing and Branching Ratio Measurement in the Decay D0 to K Pi Pi0 written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors present a search for D°-{bar D}° mixing using regions of phase space in which the rate of doubly Cabibbo-suppressed decays D° → K+?−?° relative to Cabibbo-favored decays D° → K− ?+?° is reduced. They analyze 230.4 fb−1 of data collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II e+e− collider at SLAC. They present results with and without the assumption of CP conservation. Assuming CP conservation, they measure the time-integrated mixing rate R{sub M} = (0.023{sub -0.014}{sup +0.018}(stat.) ± 0.004(syst.))%, and R{sub M}

Download or read book BCP4 written by A. Ichiro Sanda and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2001 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first strong evidence of the existence of CP violation in neutral B decays extracted from sophisticated B factories in the US and Japan. It also holds out the expectation of rare B decays and D, K physics in the near future. In addition, new physics beyond the Standard Model is described. Both experimental and theoretical points of view are given.

Download or read book Limits on D0 Anti D0 Mixing and CP Violation from the Ratio of Lifetimes for Decay to K Pi K K and Pi Pi written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We present a measurement of D[sup 0]-[bar D][sup 0] mixing parameters using the ratios of lifetimes extracted from samples of D[sup 0] mesons decaying to K[sup -][pi][sup+], K[sup -]K[sup+], and[pi][sup -][pi][sup+]. Using 91 fb[sup -1] of data collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory, we obtain a value Y= (0.8[+-] 0.4(stat.)[sub -0.4][sup+0.5](syst.))%, which, in the limit of CP conservation, corresponds to the mixing parameter y=[Delta][Lambda]/2[Lambda]. Using the difference in lifetimes of D[sup 0] and[bar D][sup 0] mesons, we obtain the CP-violation parameter[Delta][Lambda]= ( -0.8[+-] 0.6(stat.)[+-] 0.2(syst.))%.

Download or read book Search for a Lifetime Difference in D0 Decays written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The D[sup 0] mixing parameter y = [Delta][Lambda]/2[Lambda] was determined by measuring the D[sup 0] lifetime separately for the K[sup -][pi][sup +] decay mode and the K[sup -]K[sup +] decay mode with 12.4 fb[sup -1] of data collected by the BABAR experiment in 2001. Backgrounds were suppressed with the D* [yields] D[sup 0][pi][sup +] decay and particle identification. The following preliminary result was obtained: y = ( -1.0 [+-] 2.2(stat) [+-] 1.7(syst))%.

Download or read book PRELIMINARY STUDY OF D0 K PI PI0 DECAYS WITH DALITZ PLOTS written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Particle physicists study the smallest particles and most basic rules of their interactions in humankind's current scope. The Charm Analysis Working Group (CWG) of the BaBar Collaboration studies decays involving the charm quark. They currently study mixing in D decays, an interesting and poorly understood phenomenon in current physics models. We, as part of the CWG, investigated the plausibility of using Dalitz plots and the BaBar analysis framework to study mixing in Wrong Sign (WS) D[sup 0][yields] K[pi][pi][sup 0] decays. Others in the CWG have studied mixing in the 2-body decay, D[sup 0][yields] K[pi]. The 3-body decay analyzed with the RooFitDalitz analysis package and Dalitz plots provides more information and another way of separating Doubly Cabibbo Suppressed Decays (DCSD) from mixing--which share the same end products. Through doing many simulations, we have demonstrated the usefulness of this approach. We selected D[sup 0][yields] K[pi][pi][sup 0] events from Simulation Production run No. 4 (SP4) and BaBar's run 1 and run 2. We made Dalitz plots with this data. Now that we better understand Dalitz plots and software, we plan to select WS D[sup 0][yields] K[pi][pi][sup 0] events and perform rate fits as discussed in BaBar Analysis Document (BAD) No. 443, as well as fits for several different decay times and resonances, in order to further distinguish DCSD from mixing.

Download or read book Determination of the Wrong Sign Decay Rate D0 K pi and the Sensitivity to D0 D0bar Mixing written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The D[sup 0] meson can decay to the wrong sign K[sup+][pi][sup -] state either through a doubly Cabibbo suppressed decay or via mixing to the[bar D][sup 0] state followed by the Cabibbo favoured decay[bar D][sup 0][yields] K[sup+][pi][sup -]. We measure the rate of wrong sign decays relative to the Cabibbo favoured decay to (0.383[+-] 0.044[+-] 0.022)% and give our sensitivity to a mixing signal.

Download or read book Searches for Direct CP Violation in D Decays And for D0 Anti D0 Mixing written by M. V. Purohit and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors present preliminary results of a search for direct CP violation in D{sup +} {yields} K{sup +}K{sup -} {pi}{sup +} decays using 87 fb{sup -1} of data acquired by the Babar experiment running on and near the {Upsilon}(4S) from 1999-2002. The authors report the asymmetries in the signal mode and in the main resonant subchannels. Based on the same dataset, they also report a new 90% CL upper limit of 0.0042 on the rate of D{sup 0}-{bar D}{sup 0} mixing using the decay modes D*{sup +} {yields} D{sup 0}{pi}{sup +}, D{sup 0} {yields} [K/K*]ev (+c.c.).

Download or read book Search for D0D0 Mixing with the Babar Detector Using the Hadronic Decay D0 yields K pi and Measurement of the Doubly Cabibbo Suppressed Decay Rate of D0 yields K pi written by Massimiliano Turri and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Measurement of D0 bar D 0 Mixing With a Time Dependent Amplitude Analysis of D0 2 K pi pi 0 written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flavor mixing of neutral mesons is a long and well known phenomenon in particle physics. Experimental evidence of mixing of the neutral kaon was obtained in 1956, followed in 1987 by the evidence of Bd mixing. In 1974, A. Pais and S.B. Treiman firstly introduced the idea of charm mixing and CP violation. Even though many searches were conducted over time, it was clear that the small scale at which both amplitude and frequency of the oscillation took place made any possible observation challenging. In 2007, both the BABAR and Belle experiments announced the first evidence of mixing in the charm sector. The analyses concerned the study of a two body decay of the D0 meson. Few months later, BABAR presented the analysis of the decay D0 2!K+[pi]-[pi]0 . This is the main topic of this thesis.

Download or read book Study of the Decay D0 forward Arrow K pi in FOCUS written by Jonathan Marion Link and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Searches for CP Violation in Charmed Meson Decays written by Hamish Gordon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-07 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our current understanding of the fundamental building blocks of the Universe, summarised by the Standard Model of particle physics, is incomplete. For example, it fails to explain why we do not see equal, or almost equal, numbers of particles and their antiparticle partners. To explain this asymmetry requires, among other effects, a mechanism known as charge-parity (CP) violation that causes differences between the rates at which particles and antiparticles decay. CP violation is seen in systems containing bottom and strange quarks, but not in those with up, charm or top quarks. This thesis describes searches for particle-antiparticle asymmetries in the decay rates of charmed mesons. No evidence of CP violation is found. With current sensitivities, an asymmetry large enough to observe probably could not be explained by the Standard Model. Instead an explanation could come from new physics, for example contributions from supersymmetric or other undiscovered heavy particles. In the thesis, the development of new techniques to search for these asymmetries is described. They are applied to data from the LHCb experiment at CERN to make precise measurements of asymmetries in the D^+->K^-K^+pi^+ decay channel. This is the most promising charged D decay for CP violation searches.

Download or read book D0 Anti D0 Hadronic Mixing and DCS Decays from FOCUS written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We present an analysis of the decay D[sup 0] [yields] K[sup +][pi][sup -] from FOCUS. From a sample of 234 events we find a branching ratio of [Lambda](D[sup 0] [yields] K[sup +][pi][sup -])/[Lambda](D[sup 0] [yields] K[sup -][pi][sup +]) = (0.430[sub -0.061][sup +0.062] [+-] 0.031)% under the assumption of no mixing and no CP violation. We also present limits on charm mixing.

Download or read book D0 Anti D0 Mixing Results From BaBar with D0 to K Pi Pi0 written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We present a preliminary search for D°-{bar D}° mixing using the decays D° → K?−?°, additionally presenting Dalitz-plot distributions and a measurement of the branching ratio for this mode. A new tagging technique is used to produce the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed Dalitz plot, which in turn is used to motivate the method used for the D-mixing search. We analyze 230.4 fb−1 of data collected from the BABAR detector at the PEP-II collider. Assuming CP conservation, we find R{sub M}