Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions and difference in CP asymmetries of the decays B + → J/ψπ + and B + → J/ψK +

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, The LHCb collaboration

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Abstract

The ratio of branching fractions and the difference in CP asymmetries of the decays B+ -> J/psi pi(+) and B+ -> J/psi K+ are measured using a data sample of pp collisions collected by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb(-1) at centre -of -mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The results are

B(B+ -> J/psi pi(+))/B(B+ -> J/psi K+) = (3.83 +/- 0.03 +/- 0.03) x 10(-2),

A(CP)(B+ -> J/psi pi(+)) - A(CP)(B+ -> J/psi K+) = (1.82 +/- 0.86 +/- 0.14) x 10(-2),

where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. Combining this result with a recent LHCb measurement of A(CP)(B+ -> J/psi K+) provides the most precise estimate to date of CP violation in the decay B+ -> J/psi pi(+)

A(CP)(B+ -> J/psi pi(+)) = (1.91 +/- 0.89 +/- 0.16) x 10(-2).
Original languageEnglish
Article number036
Pages (from-to)036
Number of pages1
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume03
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Mar 2017

Funding

FundersFunder number
Not added1681016
Science and Technology Facilities CouncilST/J004332/1, ST/N000250/1, 1641747, ST/K003410/1, 1708182, ST/H006737/1, LHCb, ST/N000331/1, GRIDPP, LHCb Upgrades, 1707993
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung166208

    Keywords

    • B physics
    • Branching fraction
    • CP violation
    • Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)

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