Amplitude Analysis of B± →π±K+K- Decays

(LHCb Collaboration)

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Abstract

The first amplitude analysis of the B±→π±K+K- decay is reported based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb-1 of pp collisions recorded in 2011 and 2012 with the LHCb detector. The data are found to be best described by a coherent sum of five resonant structures plus a nonresonant component and a contribution from ππ↔KK S-wave rescattering. The dominant contributions in the π± K and K+ K- systems are the nonresonant and the B±→ρ(1450)0π± amplitudes, respectively, with fit fractions around 30%. For the rescattering contribution, a sizable fit fraction is observed. This component has the largest CP asymmetry reported to date for a single amplitude of (-66±4±2)%, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. No significant CP violation is observed in the other contributions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number231802
Pages (from-to)1-11
Number of pages11
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume123
Issue number23
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Dec 2019

Funding

FundersFunder number
Not addedST/J004332/1, ST/N000250/1, ST/K003410/1, 1796908, ST/N000331/1, ST/L003163/1, ST/N000242/1
Science and Technology Facilities CouncilST/N000234/1, GRIDPP

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