Study of Open-Charm Decays and Radiative Transitions of the X(3872)
Physical Review Letters American Physical Society (APS) 124:24 (2020) 242001
Measurement of the Λ b 0 → J/ψ Λ angular distribution and the Λ b 0 polarisation in pp collisions
Journal of High Energy Physics Springer 2020:6 (2020) 110
Abstract:
This paper presents an analysis of the Λb0→ J/ψΛ angular distribution and the transverse production polarisation of Λb0 baryons in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7, 8 and 13 TeV. The measurements are performed using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.9 fb−1, collected with the LHCb experiment. The polarisation is determined in a fiducial region of Λb0 transverse momentum and pseudorapidity of 1 < pT< 20 GeV/c and 2 < η < 5, respectively. The data are consistent with Λb0 baryons being produced unpolarised in this region. The parity-violating asymmetry parameter of the Λ → pπ− decay is also determined from the data and its value is found to be consistent with a recent measurement by the BES III collaboration.Determination of Strong-Phase Parameters in D→KS,L0π+π−
Physical Review Letters American Physical Society (APS) 124:24 (2020) 241802
Determination of Strong-Phase Parameters in D→KS,L0π+π−
Physical Review Letters American Physical Society 124:24 (2020) 241802
Abstract:
We report the most precise measurements to date of the strong-phase parameters between D0 and D¯ 0 decays to K0S;Lπþπ− using a sample of 2.93 fb−1 of eþe− annihilation data collected at a center-of-mass energy of 3.773 GeV with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider. Our results provide the key inputs for a binned model-independent determination of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa angle γ=ϕ3 with B decays. Using our results, the decay model sensitivity to the γ=ϕ3 measurement is expected to be between 0.7° and 1.2°, approximately a factor of three smaller than that achievable with previous measurements, based on the studies of the simulated data. The improved precision of this work ensures that measurements of γ=ϕ3 will not be limited by knowledge of strong phases for the next decade. Furthermore, our results provide critical input for other flavor-physics investigations, including charm mixing, other measurements of CP violation, and the measurement of strong-phase parameters for other D-decay modes.Model-independent determination of the relative strong-phase difference between D0 and D¯0→KS,L0π+π− and its impact on the measurement of the CKM angle γ/ϕ3
Physical Review D American Physical Society (APS) 101:11 (2020) 112002