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Observation of photon polarization in the b→sγ transition

This letter presents a study of the flavor-changing neutral current radiative B±→K±π∓π±γ decays performed using data collected in proton-proton collisions with the LHCb detector at 7 and 8 TeV center-of-mass energies. In this sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb−1, nearly 14 000...

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Main Authors: Aaij, Roel (Author) , Bachmann, Sebastian (Author) , Bien, Alexander (Author) , De Cian, Michel (Author) , Di Canto, Angelo (Author) , Dordei, Francesca (Author) , Esen, Sevda (Author) , Färber, Christian (Author) , Gersabeck, Evelina (Author) , Grillo, Lucia (Author) , Hansmann-Menzemer, Stephanie (Author) , Jäger, Andreas (Author) , Kreplin, Katharina (Author) , Krocker, Georg Alexander (Author) , Leverington, Blake (Author) , Marks, Jörg (Author) , Meißner, Marco (Author) , Nikodem, Thomas (Author) , Seyfert, Paul (Author) , Stahl, Sascha (Author) , Tilburg, Jeroen van (Author) , Uwer, Ulrich (Author) , Vesterinen, Mika (Author) , Wandernoth, Sebastian (Author) , Wiedner, Dirk (Author) , Zhelezov, Alexey (Author)
Corporate Author: LHCb Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 22 April 2014
In: Physical review letters
Year: 2014, Volume: 112, Issue: 16
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.161801
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Author Notes:R. Aaij et al. (LHCb Collaboration)
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Summary:This letter presents a study of the flavor-changing neutral current radiative B±→K±π∓π±γ decays performed using data collected in proton-proton collisions with the LHCb detector at 7 and 8 TeV center-of-mass energies. In this sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb−1, nearly 14 000 signal events are reconstructed and selected, containing all possible intermediate resonances with a K±π∓π± final state in the [1.1,1.9] GeV/c2 mass range. The distribution of the angle of the photon direction with respect to the plane defined by the final-state hadrons in their rest frame is studied in intervals of K±π∓π± mass and the asymmetry between the number of signal events found on each side of the plane is obtained. The first direct observation of the photon polarization in the b→sγ transition is reported with a significance of 5.2σ.
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ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.161801

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