Precision Measurement of CP Violation and Branching Fractions in B±KS0h± (h = π, K) Decays and Search for the Rare Decay Bc±KS0K±



Aaij, R, Abdelmotteleb, ASW, Beteta, C Abellan, Abudinen, F, Ackernley, T, Adefisoye, AA, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Adlarson, P, Agapopoulou, C
et al (show 1170 more authors) (2026) Precision Measurement of CP Violation and Branching Fractions in B±KS0h± (h = π, K) Decays and Search for the Rare Decay Bc±KS0K± PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 136 (16). 161801-. ISSN 0031-9007, 1079-7114

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Abstract

The decay B±→KS0π±, with a CP asymmetry expected to be close to zero in the standard model, is theoretically clean and sensitive to potential new physics. An analysis of the decays B±→KS0π± and B±→KS0K± is performed using proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 fb-1. The CP asymmetries are determined to be ACP(B±→KS0π±)=-0.028±0.009±0.009 and ACP(B±→KS0K±)=0.118±0.062±0.031, and the branching fraction ratio is measured to be B(B±→KS0K±)/B(B±→KS0π±)=0.055±0.004±0.002, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. These results are the most precise measurements of these quantities to date. A search for the rare decay Bc±→KS0K± is also performed. No significant signal is observed, and the upper limit on the product of the branching fraction ratio B(Bc±→KS0K±)/B(B±→KS0π±) and the fragmentation-fraction ratio fc/fu is set to be 0.015 (0.016) at the 90% (95%) confidence level.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: LHCb Collaboration
Divisions: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Faculty of Science & Engineering
Faculty of Science & Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Faculty of Science & Engineering > School of Physical Sciences > Physics
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences > School of the Arts
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences > School of the Arts > Architecture
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Date Deposited: 30 Apr 2026 09:54
Last Modified: 12 Jun 2026 19:32
DOI: 10.1103/vtgl-j97l
Open Access URL: https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/vtgl-j97l
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