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Observation of CP Violation in B± → DK± Decays [electronic resource] / by Paolo Gandini.

By: Gandini, Paolo [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014Description: XIX, 167 p. 127 illus., 115 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319010298.Subject(s): Physics | Quantum theory | Physics | Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory | Quantum Field Theories, String TheoryDDC classification: 539.72 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- CP violation in the SM and the CKM angle γ -- The LHCb experiment at the LHC -- Reconstruction and selection -- Background studies -- The simultaneous fit -- Results -- Conclusions -- Distributions of the BDT input variables -- Validation of the ApT variable -- Histograms of systematic errors -- Bibliography.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: CP violation is a well-established phenomenon in particle physics, but until 2001 it was only observed in kaons. In the last decade, several matter-antimatter asymmetries have been observed in neutral B mesons in line with the expectations of the Standard Model of the weak interaction.  Direct CP violation is also expected in the decay rates of charged B+ mesons versus that of B- mesons, though the greatest effects are present in a decay that occurs just twice in 10 million decays. Such rarity requires huge samples to study and this is exactly what the LHC, and its dedicated B-physics experiment LHCb provide. This thesis presents an analysis of the first two years of LHCb data. The author describes the first observation of the rare decay, B- → DK-, D → π-K+ and the first observation of direct CP violation in this B decay. The work consitutes essential information on the experiment’s measurement of a fundamental parameter of the theory and stands as a benchmark against which subsequent analyses of this type will be compared.
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Introduction -- CP violation in the SM and the CKM angle γ -- The LHCb experiment at the LHC -- Reconstruction and selection -- Background studies -- The simultaneous fit -- Results -- Conclusions -- Distributions of the BDT input variables -- Validation of the ApT variable -- Histograms of systematic errors -- Bibliography.

CP violation is a well-established phenomenon in particle physics, but until 2001 it was only observed in kaons. In the last decade, several matter-antimatter asymmetries have been observed in neutral B mesons in line with the expectations of the Standard Model of the weak interaction.  Direct CP violation is also expected in the decay rates of charged B+ mesons versus that of B- mesons, though the greatest effects are present in a decay that occurs just twice in 10 million decays. Such rarity requires huge samples to study and this is exactly what the LHC, and its dedicated B-physics experiment LHCb provide. This thesis presents an analysis of the first two years of LHCb data. The author describes the first observation of the rare decay, B- → DK-, D → π-K+ and the first observation of direct CP violation in this B decay. The work consitutes essential information on the experiment’s measurement of a fundamental parameter of the theory and stands as a benchmark against which subsequent analyses of this type will be compared.

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