Search for CP violation in the phase space of D0 → π+π−π+π− decays



Aaij, R, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Ajaltouni, Z, Akar, S, Albrecht, J, Alessio, F, Alexander, M, Ali, S, Alkhazov, G
et al (show 90 more authors) (2017) Search for CP violation in the phase space of D0 → π+π−π+π− decays Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics, 769. pp. 345-356. ISSN 0370-2693, 1873-2445

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Abstract

A search for time-integrated CP violation in the Cabibbo-suppressed decay D0→π+ππ+π is performed using an unbinned, model-independent technique known as the energy test. This is the first application of the energy test in four-body decays. The search is performed for P-even CP asymmetries and, for the first time, is extended to probe the P-odd case. Using proton–proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb−1 collected by the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of s=7 TeV and 8 TeV, the world's best sensitivity to CP violation in this decay is obtained. The data are found to be consistent with the hypothesis of CP symmetry with a p-value of (4.6±0.5)% in the P-even case, and marginally consistent with a p-value of (0.6±0.2)% in the P-odd case, corresponding to a significance for CP non-conservation of 2.7 standard deviations.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: hep-ex, hep-ex
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 04 May 2017 11:46
Last Modified: 22 Jan 2026 02:38
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2017.03.062
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