Sneha Malde

Abstract:

<jats:p>The study of meson pairs produced with quantum correlations gives direct access to parameters that are challenging to measure in other systems. In this Letter, the existence of quantum correlations due to charge-conjugation symmetry <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><a:mi>C</a:mi></a:math> are demonstrated in <c:math xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><c:mi>D</c:mi><c:mover accent="true"><c:mi>D</c:mi><c:mo stretchy="true">¯</c:mo></c:mover></c:math> pairs produced through the processes <g:math xmlns:g="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><g:msup><g:mi>e</g:mi><g:mo>+</g:mo></g:msup><g:msup><g:mi>e</g:mi><g:mo>−</g:mo></g:msup><g:mo stretchy="false">→</g:mo><g:mrow><g:mi>D</g:mi><g:mover accent="true"><g:mi>D</g:mi><g:mo stretchy="true">¯</g:mo></g:mover></g:mrow></g:math>, <l:math xmlns:l="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><l:msup><l:mi>e</l:mi><l:mo>+</l:mo></l:msup><l:msup><l:mi>e</l:mi><l:mo>−</l:mo></l:msup><l:mo stretchy="false">→</l:mo><l:mrow><l:msup><l:mi>D</l:mi><l:mo>*</l:mo></l:msup><l:mover accent="true"><l:mi>D</l:mi><l:mo stretchy="true">¯</l:mo></l:mover></l:mrow></l:math>, and <q:math xmlns:q="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><q:msup><q:mi>e</q:mi><q:mo>+</q:mo></q:msup><q:msup><q:mi>e</q:mi><q:mo>−</q:mo></q:msup><q:mo stretchy="false">→</q:mo><q:mrow><q:msup><q:mi>D</q:mi><q:mo>*</q:mo></q:msup><q:mrow><q:msup><q:mover accent="true"><q:mi>D</q:mi><q:mo stretchy="true">¯</q:mo></q:mover><q:mo>*</q:mo></q:msup></q:mrow></q:mrow></q:math>, where the lack of charge superscripts refers to an admixture of neutral-charm-meson particle and antiparticle states, using <v:math xmlns:v="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><v:mn>7.13</v:mn><v:mtext> </v:mtext><v:mtext> </v:mtext><v:msup><v:mi>fb</v:mi><v:mrow><v:mo>−</v:mo><v:mn>1</v:mn></v:mrow></v:msup></v:math> of <x:math xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><x:msup><x:mi>e</x:mi><x:mo>+</x:mo></x:msup><x:msup><x:mi>e</x:mi><x:mo>−</x:mo></x:msup></x:math> collision data collected by the BESIII experiment between center-of-mass energies of 4.13–4.23 GeV. Processes with either <z:math xmlns:z="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><z:mi>C</z:mi></z:math>-even or <bb:math xmlns:bb="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><bb:mi>C</bb:mi></bb:math>-odd constraints are identified and separated. A procedure is presented that harnesses the entangled production process to enable measurements of <db:math xmlns:db="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><db:msup><db:mi>D</db:mi><db:mn>0</db:mn></db:msup></db:math>-meson hadronic parameters. This Letter provides the first confirmation of quantum correlations in <fb:math xmlns:fb="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><fb:msup><fb:mi>e</fb:mi><fb:mo>+</fb:mo></fb:msup><fb:msup><fb:mi>e</fb:mi><fb:mo>−</fb:mo></fb:msup><fb:mo stretchy="false">→</fb:mo><fb:mi>X</fb:mi><fb:mrow><fb:mi>D</fb:mi><fb:mover accent="true"><fb:mi>D</fb:mi><fb:mo stretchy="true">¯</fb:mo></fb:mover></fb:mrow></fb:math> processes and the first observation of a <kb:math xmlns:kb="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><kb:mi>C</kb:mi></kb:math>-even constrained <mb:math xmlns:mb="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mb:mi>D</mb:mi><mb:mover accent="true"><mb:mi>D</mb:mi><mb:mo stretchy="true">¯</mb:mo></mb:mover></mb:math> system. The procedure is applied to measure <qb:math xmlns:qb="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><qb:msubsup><qb:mi>δ</qb:mi><qb:mrow><qb:mi>K</qb:mi><qb:mi>π</qb:mi></qb:mrow><qb:mi>D</qb:mi></qb:msubsup></qb:math>, the strong phase between the <sb:math xmlns:sb="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><sb:mrow><sb:msup><sb:mrow><sb:mi>D</sb:mi></sb:mrow><sb:mrow><sb:mn>0</sb:mn></sb:mrow></sb:msup><sb:mo stretchy="false">→</sb:mo><sb:msup><sb:mrow><sb:mi>K</sb:mi></sb:mrow><sb:mrow><sb:mo>−</sb:mo></sb:mrow></sb:msup><sb:msup><sb:mrow><sb:mi>π</sb:mi></sb:mrow><sb:mrow><sb:mo>+</sb:mo></sb:mrow></sb:msup></sb:mrow></sb:math> and <vb:math xmlns:vb="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><vb:mrow><vb:mrow><vb:msup><vb:mrow><vb:mover accent="true"><vb:mrow><vb:mi>D</vb:mi></vb:mrow><vb:mrow><vb:mo stretchy="true">¯</vb:mo></vb:mrow></vb:mover></vb:mrow><vb:mrow><vb:mn>0</vb:mn></vb:mrow></vb:msup></vb:mrow><vb:mo stretchy="false">→</vb:mo><vb:msup><vb:mrow><vb:mi>K</vb:mi></vb:mrow><vb:mrow><vb:mo>−</vb:mo></vb:mrow></vb:msup><vb:msup><vb:mrow><vb:mi>π</vb:mi></vb:mrow><vb:mrow><vb:mo>+</vb:mo></vb:mrow></vb:msup></vb:mrow></vb:math> decay amplitudes, which results in the determination of <ac:math xmlns:ac="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><ac:mrow><ac:msubsup><ac:mrow><ac:mi>δ</ac:mi></ac:mrow><ac:mrow><ac:mi>K</ac:mi><ac:mi>π</ac:mi></ac:mrow><ac:mrow><ac:mi>D</ac:mi></ac:mrow></ac:msubsup><ac:mo>=</ac:mo><ac:mo stretchy="false">(</ac:mo><ac:msubsup><ac:mrow><ac:mn>192.8</ac:mn></ac:mrow><ac:mrow><ac:mo>−</ac:mo><ac:mn>12.4</ac:mn><ac:mo>−</ac:mo><ac:mn>2.4</ac:mn></ac:mrow><ac:mrow><ac:mo>+</ac:mo><ac:mn>11.0</ac:mn><ac:mo>+</ac:mo><ac:mn>1.9</ac:mn></ac:mrow></ac:msubsup><ac:mo stretchy="false">)</ac:mo><ac:mo>°</ac:mo></ac:mrow></ac:math>. The potential for measurements of other hadronic decay parameters and charm mixing with these and future datasets is also discussed.</jats:p>

Abstract:

<jats:p>A novel measurement technique of strong-phase differences between the decay amplitudes of <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><a:msup><a:mi>D</a:mi><a:mn>0</a:mn></a:msup></a:math> and <c:math xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><c:mrow><c:msup><c:mrow><c:mover accent="true"><c:mrow><c:mi>D</c:mi></c:mrow><c:mrow><c:mo accent="true" stretchy="true">¯</c:mo></c:mrow></c:mover></c:mrow><c:mrow><c:mn>0</c:mn></c:mrow></c:msup></c:mrow></c:math> mesons is introduced which exploits quantum-correlated <h:math xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><h:mrow><h:mi>D</h:mi><h:mrow><h:mover accent="true"><h:mrow><h:mi>D</h:mi></h:mrow><h:mrow><h:mo stretchy="true">¯</h:mo></h:mrow></h:mover></h:mrow></h:mrow></h:math> pairs produced by <l:math xmlns:l="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><l:msup><l:mi>e</l:mi><l:mo>+</l:mo></l:msup><l:msup><l:mi>e</l:mi><l:mo>−</l:mo></l:msup></l:math> collisions at energies above the <n:math xmlns:n="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><n:mi>ψ</n:mi><n:mo stretchy="false">(</n:mo><n:mn>3770</n:mn><n:mo stretchy="false">)</n:mo></n:math> production threshold, where <r:math xmlns:r="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><r:mrow><r:mi>D</r:mi><r:mover accent="true"><r:mrow><r:mi>D</r:mi></r:mrow><r:mrow><r:mo stretchy="true">¯</r:mo></r:mrow></r:mover></r:mrow></r:math> pairs are produced in both even and odd eigenstates of the charge-conjugation symmetry. Employing this technique, the first determination of a <v:math xmlns:v="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><v:mrow><v:msup><v:mrow><v:mi>D</v:mi></v:mrow><v:mrow><v:mn>0</v:mn></v:mrow></v:msup><v:mi>–</v:mi><v:msup><v:mrow><v:mover accent="true"><v:mrow><v:mi>D</v:mi></v:mrow><v:mrow><v:mo accent="true" stretchy="true">¯</v:mo></v:mrow></v:mover></v:mrow><v:mrow><v:mn>0</v:mn></v:mrow></v:msup></v:mrow></v:math> relative strong phase is reported with such data samples. The strong-phase difference between <ab:math xmlns:ab="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><ab:mrow><ab:msup><ab:mrow><ab:mi>D</ab:mi></ab:mrow><ab:mrow><ab:mn>0</ab:mn></ab:mrow></ab:msup><ab:mo stretchy="false">→</ab:mo><ab:msup><ab:mrow><ab:mi>K</ab:mi></ab:mrow><ab:mrow><ab:mo>−</ab:mo></ab:mrow></ab:msup><ab:msup><ab:mrow><ab:mi>π</ab:mi></ab:mrow><ab:mrow><ab:mo>+</ab:mo></ab:mrow></ab:msup></ab:mrow></ab:math> and <db:math xmlns:db="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><db:mrow><db:msup><db:mrow><db:mover accent="true"><db:mrow><db:mi>D</db:mi></db:mrow><db:mrow><db:mo accent="true" stretchy="true">¯</db:mo></db:mrow></db:mover></db:mrow><db:mrow><db:mn>0</db:mn></db:mrow></db:msup><db:mo stretchy="false">→</db:mo><db:msup><db:mrow><db:mi>K</db:mi></db:mrow><db:mrow><db:mo>−</db:mo></db:mrow></db:msup><db:msup><db:mrow><db:mi>π</db:mi></db:mrow><db:mrow><db:mo>+</db:mo></db:mrow></db:msup></db:mrow></db:math> decays, <jb:math xmlns:jb="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><jb:msubsup><jb:mi>δ</jb:mi><jb:mrow><jb:mi>K</jb:mi><jb:mi>π</jb:mi></jb:mrow><jb:mi>D</jb:mi></jb:msubsup></jb:math>, is measured to be <lb:math xmlns:lb="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><lb:msubsup><lb:mi>δ</lb:mi><lb:mrow><lb:mi>K</lb:mi><lb:mi>π</lb:mi></lb:mrow><lb:mi>D</lb:mi></lb:msubsup><lb:mo>=</lb:mo><lb:msup><lb:mrow><lb:mo stretchy="false">(</lb:mo><lb:msubsup><lb:mn>192.8</lb:mn><lb:mrow><lb:mo>−</lb:mo><lb:mn>12.4</lb:mn><lb:mo>−</lb:mo><lb:mn>2.4</lb:mn></lb:mrow><lb:mrow><lb:mo>+</lb:mo><lb:mn>11.0</lb:mn><lb:mo>+</lb:mo><lb:mn>1.9</lb:mn></lb:mrow></lb:msubsup><lb:mo stretchy="false">)</lb:mo></lb:mrow><lb:mo>∘</lb:mo></lb:msup></lb:math>, using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of <pb:math xmlns:pb="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><pb:mn>7.13</pb:mn><pb:mtext> </pb:mtext><pb:mtext> </pb:mtext><pb:msup><pb:mi>fb</pb:mi><pb:mrow><pb:mo>−</pb:mo><pb:mn>1</pb:mn></pb:mrow></pb:msup></pb:math> collected at center-of-mass energies between 4.13–4.23 GeV by the BESIII experiment.</jats:p>

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Using (2712 ± 14) × 106ψ(3686) events collected with the BESIII detector, we perform the first amplitude analysis of the radiative decay ψ3686→γKS0KS0$$ \psi (3686)\to \gamma {K}_S^0{K}_S^0 $$ within the mass region MKS0KS0<2.8$$ {M}_{K_S^0{K}_S^0}<2.8 $$ GeV/c2. Employing a one-channel K-matrix approach for the description of the dynamics of the KS0KS0$$ {K}_S^0{K}_S^0 $$ system, the data sample is well described with four poles for the f0-wave and three poles for the f2-wave. The determined pole positions are consistent with those of well-established resonance states. The observed f0 and f2 states are found to be in agreement with those produced in radiative J/ψ decays. The production behaviors of f0 and f2 poles in ψ3686→γKS0KS0$$ \psi (3686)\to \gamma {K}_S^0{K}_S^0 $$ are qualified with their residues and the converted branching fractions. By comparing with J/ψ→γKS0KS0$$ J/\psi \to \gamma {K}_S^0{K}_S^0 $$ decay, the ratios Bψ3686→γf0,2BJ/ψ→γf0,2$$ \frac{\mathcal{B}\left(\psi (3686)\to \gamma {f}_{0,2}\right)}{\mathcal{B}\left(J/\psi \to \gamma {f}_{0,2}\right)} $$ are determined, which provides crucial experimental inputs on the internal structure of the f0,2 states, especially their potential mixing with glueball components.

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This article presents doubly differential measurements of the asymmetries in production rates between mesons containing a charm quark and those containing an anti-charm quark in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s=13.6$$ \sqrt{s}=13.6 $$ TeV using data recorded by the LHCb experiment. The asymmetries of D0, D+ and Ds+$$ {D}_s^{+} $$ mesons are measured for two-dimensional intervals in transverse momentum and pseudorapidity, within the range 2.5 < pT< 25.0 GeV/c and 2.0 < η < 4.5. No significant production asymmetries are observed. Comparisons to the Pythia 8 and Herwig 7 event generators are also presented, and their agreement with the data is evaluated. These measurements constitute the first measurements of production asymmetries at this centre-of-mass energy of colliding beams, and the first measurements with the LHCb Run 3 detector.

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A stringent test of $CP$ symmetry in hyperon decays is performed using $1.0\times {10}^{10}J/\psi$ events and $2.7\times {10}^9\psi (3686)$ events collected by the BESIII experiment. The $CP$ asymmetry in the two-body nonleptonic weak decays ${\mathrm{\Sigma }}^{+}\to p{\pi }^0$ and ${\overline{\mathrm{\Sigma }}}^{-}\to \overline{p}{\pi }^0$ is determined to be $A_{CP}=-0.0118\pm 0.0083(\mathrm{stat})\pm 0.0028(\mathrm{syst})$ , consistent with $CP$ conservation. The average decay parameter $⟨{\alpha }_0⟩=-0.9869\pm 0.0011(\mathrm{stat})\pm 0.0016(\mathrm{syst})$ represents the most precise measurement in the baryon sector to date. A model-independent analysis of the hyperon polarization is performed for the first time at $J/\psi$ and $\psi (3686)$ resonances, revealing a clear sign reversal and offering new insight into SU(3) symmetry breaking and baryon internal structure. These results provide the most stringent constraints on $CP$ violation in $\mathrm{\Sigma }$ decays and establish a benchmark for future precision studies.