Measurement of the <i>B</i><SUP>±</SUP> production asymmetry and the <i>CP</i> asymmetry in B<SUP>±</SUP>→ J/ψK<SUP>±</SUP> decays



Aaij, R, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Ajaltouni, Z, Akar, S, Albrecht, J, Alessio, F, Alexander, M, Ali, S, Alkhazov, G
et al (show 758 more authors) (2017) Measurement of the <i>B</i><SUP>±</SUP> production asymmetry and the <i>CP</i> asymmetry in B<SUP>±</SUP>→ J/ψK<SUP>±</SUP> decays. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 95 (5). 052005-.

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Abstract

The $B^{\pm}$ meson production asymmetry in $pp$ collisions is measured using $B^+ \to \bar{D}^0 \pi^+$ decays. The data were recorded by the LHCb experiment during Run 1 of the LHC at centre-of-mass energies of $\sqrt{s}=$ 7 and 8 TeV. The production asymmetries, integrated over transverse momenta in the range $2 < p_{\rm T} < 30$ GeV/$c$, and rapidities in the range $2.1 < y < 4.5$, are measured to be \begin{align*} \mathcal{A}_{\rm prod}(B^+,\sqrt{s}=7~{\rm TeV}) &= (-0.41 \pm 0.49 \pm 0.10) \times 10^{-2},\\ \mathcal{A}_{\rm prod}(B^+,\sqrt{s}=8~{\rm TeV}) &= (-0.53 \pm 0.31 \pm 0.10) \times 10^{-2}, \end{align*} where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. These production asymmetries are used to correct the raw asymmetries of $B^{+} \to J/\psi K^{+}$ decays, thus allowing a measurement of the $CP$ asymmetry, \begin{equation*} \mathcal{A}_{CP} = (0.09 \pm 0.27 \pm 0.07) \times 10^{-2}. \end{equation*}

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Uncontrolled Keywords: hep-ex, hep-ex
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 30 May 2017 06:32
Last Modified: 12 Oct 2023 23:56
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.052005
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3007690