First Experimental Study of Photon Polarization in Radiative Bs0 Decays

R. Aaij; B. Adeva; M. Adinolfi; Z. Ajaltouni; S. Akar; J. Albrecht; F. Alessio; M. Alexander; S. Ali; G. Alkhazov; P. Alvarez Cartelle; A. A. Alves; S. Amato; S. Amerio; Y. Amhis; LA Everse; L. Anderlini; G. Andreassi; M. Andreotti; J.E. Andrews; R. B. Appleby; F. Archilli; P. d'Argent; J. Arnau Romeu; A. Artamonov; M. Artuso; E. Aslanides; G. Auriemma; M. Baalouch; I. Babuschkin; K. Carvalho Akiba; V. Coco; P. N.Y. David; K. De Bruyn; M. Ferro-Luzzi; T. Ketel; R. F. Koopman; J. Van Leerdam; M. Merk; C. J.G. Onderwater; G. Raven; M. Schiller; N. Serra; H. Snoek; B. Storaci; V. Syropoulos; J. Van Tilburg; S. Tolk; P. Tsopelas; N. Tuning; LHCb Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.021801

First Experimental Study of Photon Polarization in Radiative B_s⁰ Decays

R. Aaij, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, Z. Ajaltouni, S. Akar, J. Albrecht, F. Alessio, M. Alexander, S. Ali, G. Alkhazov, P. Alvarez Cartelle, A. A. Alves, S. Amato, S. Amerio, Y. Amhis, LA Everse, L. Anderlini, G. Andreassi, M. Andreotti, J.E. AndrewsR. B. Appleby, F. Archilli, P. d'Argent, J. Arnau Romeu, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, M. Baalouch, I. Babuschkin, K. Carvalho Akiba, V. Coco, P. N.Y. David, K. De Bruyn, M. Ferro-Luzzi, T. Ketel, R. F. Koopman, J. Van Leerdam, M. Merk, C. J.G. Onderwater, G. Raven, M. Schiller, N. Serra, H. Snoek, B. Storaci, V. Syropoulos, J. Van Tilburg, S. Tolk, P. Tsopelas, N. Tuning, LHCb Collaboration

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Abstract

The polarization of photons produced in radiative B_s⁰ decays is studied for the first time. The data are recorded by the LHCb experiment in pp collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb^-1 at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. A time-dependent analysis of the B_s⁰→φγ decay rate is conducted to determine the parameter AΔ, which is related to the ratio of right- over left-handed photon polarization amplitudes in b→sγ transitions. A value of AΔ=-0.98-0.52+0.46-0.20+0.23 is measured. This result is consistent with the standard model prediction within 2 standard deviations.

Original language	English
Article number	021801
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	118
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.021801
Publication status	Published - 9 Jan 2017

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Science and Technology Facilities Council	ST/M004058/1, LHCb, ST/K00140X/1, ST/L003538/1, LHCb Upgrades, ST/K004646/1, ST/N001370/1
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung	166208

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Aaij, R., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A. A., Amato, S., Amerio, S., Amhis, Y., Everse, LA., Anderlini, L., Andreassi, G., Andreotti, M., ... LHCb Collaboration (2017). First Experimental Study of Photon Polarization in Radiative B_s⁰ Decays. Physical Review Letters, 118(2), Article 021801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.021801

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