First observation of CP violation and improved measurement of the branching fraction and polarization of B0→D*+ D*- decays

  • B. Kronenbitter
  • , I. Adachi
  • , H. Aihara
  • , K. Arinstein
  • , D. M. Asner
  • , T. Aushev
  • , T. Aziz
  • , A. M. Bakich
  • , M. Barrett
  • , K. Belous
  • , V. Bhardwaj
  • , B. Bhuyan
  • , A. Bondar
  • , A. Bozek
  • , M. Bračko
  • , O. Brovchenko
  • , T. E. Browder
  • , V. Chekelian
  • , A. Chen
  • , P. Chen
  • B. G. Cheon, R. Chistov, I. S. Cho, K. Cho, Y. Choi, J. Dalseno, Z. Doležal, Z. Drásal, A. Drutskoy, S. Eidelman, S. Esen, J. E. Fast, M. Feindt, V. Gaur, N. Gabyshev, Y. M. Goh, J. Haba, H. Hayashii, Y. Horii, Y. Hoshi, W. S. Hou, Y. B. Hsiung, T. Iijima, K. Inami, A. Ishikawa, R. Itoh, M. Iwabuchi, Y. Iwasaki, T. Julius, J. H. Kang, P. Kapusta, T. Kawasaki, C. Kiesling, H. J. Kim, H. O. Kim, J. B. Kim, J. H. Kim, K. T. Kim, M. J. Kim, Y. J. Kim, K. Kinoshita, B. R. Ko, S. Koblitz, P. Kodyš, S. Korpar, R. T. Kouzes, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, T. Kuhr, R. Kumar, T. Kumita, Y. J. Kwon, S. H. Lee, J. Li, Y. Li, J. Libby, Y. Liu, Z. Q. Liu, D. Liventsev, R. Louvot, S. McOnie, K. Miyabayashi, H. Miyata, R. Mizuk, G. B. Mohanty, D. Mohapatra, A. Moll, E. Nakano, M. Nakao, S. Neubauer, C. Ng, S. Nishida, K. Nishimura, O. Nitoh, T. Ohshima, S. Okuno, S. L. Olsen, Y. Onuki, H. Ozaki, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, C. W. Park, H. Park, H. K. Park, R. Pestotnik, M. Petrič, L. E. Piilonen, M. Prim, M. Ritter, M. Röhrken, S. Ryu, H. Sahoo, Y. Sakai, S. Sandilya, L. Santelj, T. Sanuki, O. Schneider, C. Schwanda, A. J. Schwartz, K. Senyo, M. E. Sevior, M. Shapkin, C. P. Shen, T. A. Shibata, J. G. Shiu, A. Sibidanov, F. Simon, P. Smerkol, Y. S. Sohn, A. Sokolov, E. Solovieva, S. Stanič, M. Starič, M. Sumihama, K. Sumisawa, T. Sumiyoshi, G. Tatishvili, Y. Teramoto, K. Trabelsi, T. Tsuboyama, M. Uchida, S. Uehara, T. Uglov, Y. Unno, S. Uno, Y. Usov, P. Vanhoefer, G. Varner, K. E. Varvell, V. Vorobyev, C. H. Wang, P. Wang, Y. Watanabe, K. M. Williams, E. Won, B. D. Yabsley, J. Yamaoka, Y. Yamashita, D. Zander, V. Zhilich, V. Zhulanov, A. Zupanc

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Abstract

We report the measurement of the branching fraction, the polarization, and the parameters of the time-dependent CP violation in B0→D* +D* - decays using a data sample of 772×106BB̄ pairs, collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e +e - collider. We obtain a branching fraction of B=(7.82±0.38±0.63) ×10 -4, a CP-odd fraction of R =0.138±0. 024±0.006 and, additionally, a fraction of the longitudinal component in the transversity base of R 0=0.624±0.029±0.011. The measured values of the parameters of the CP violation are SD* +D* -=-0.79±0.13±0.03 and AD* +D* -=0.15±0.08±0.04.

Original languageEnglish
Article number071103
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume86
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Oct 2012

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