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Observation of the mass difference between neutral charm-meson eigenstates

A measurement of mixing and CP violation in neutral charm mesons is performed using data reconstructed in proton-proton collisions collected by the LHCb experiment from 2016 to 2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 fb−1. A total of 30.6 million D0→K0Sπ+π− decays are analyzed using a...

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Main Authors: Aaij, Roel (Author) , Archilli, Flavio (Author) , Bachmann, Sebastian (Author) , Berninghoff, Daniel (Author) , Borsato, Martino (Author) , Frau, Giulia (Author) , Gerick, David (Author) , Grabowski, Jascha (Author) , Günther, Paul André (Author) , Han, Xiaoxue (Author) , Hansmann-Menzemer, Stephanie (Author) , Hu, Jiangqiao (Author) , Kopecná, Renata (Author) , Leverington, Blake (Author) , Li, Peilian (Author) , Malygina, Hanna (Author) , Marks, Jörg (Author) , Unverzagt, Daniel Joachim (Author) , Uwer, Ulrich (Author) , Wang, Chishuai (Author) , Witola, Lukas (Author) , Zhelezov, Alexey (Author)
Corporate Author: LHCb Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 7 September 2021
In: Physical review letters
Year: 2021, Volume: 127, Issue: 11, Pages: 1-12
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.111801
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.111801
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Author Notes:R. Aaij et al.* (LHCb Collaboration)
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Summary:A measurement of mixing and CP violation in neutral charm mesons is performed using data reconstructed in proton-proton collisions collected by the LHCb experiment from 2016 to 2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 fb−1. A total of 30.6 million D0→K0Sπ+π− decays are analyzed using a method optimized for the measurement of the mass difference between neutral charm-meson eigenstates. Allowing for CP violation in mixing and in the interference between mixing and decay, the mass and decay-width differences are measured to be xCP=[3.97±0.46(stat)±0.29(syst)]×10−3 and yCP=[4.59±1.20(stat)±0.85(syst)]×10−3, respectively. The CP-violating parameters are measured as Δx=[−0.27±0.18(stat)±0.01(syst)]×10−3 and Δy=[0.20±0.36(stat)±0.13(syst)]×10−3. This is the first observation of a nonzero mass difference in the D0 meson system, with a significance exceeding seven standard deviations. The data are consistent with CP symmetry and improve existing constraints on the associated parameters.
Item Description:*LHCb Collaboration: R. Aaij, F. Archilli, S. Bachmann, D. Berninghoff, M. Borsato, G. Frau, D. Gerick, J.P. Grabowski, P.A. Günter, X. Han, S. Hansmann-Menzemer, J. Hu, R. Kopecná, B. Leverington, P. Li, H. Malygina, J. Marks, D.J. Unverzagt, U. Uwer, C. Wang, L. Witola, A. Zhelezov [und 947 weitere Personen]
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ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.111801

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