Kim Vervink EPFL – Lausanne Belle collaboration
Quark mixing in the SM.
Clean measurement possible if no contamination from strong or other weak phases Negligible other phases
2 B-mesons are produced in a boosted frame t is measured from vertex positions B-mesons are entangled: flavor of B1 at time t2 is determined by B2 decay Different plots
2 B-mesons are produced in a boosted frame t is measured from vertex positions + wrong tagging + detector resolution B-mesons are entangled: flavor of B1 at time t2 is determined by B2 decay Different plots
Enormous amount of data from the B-factories! ~ 1.4 Billion 791/fb (March 25) ~ 1364/fb ! 557/fb (April 7)
Putting all the results together. It is sin2f which currently constraints the allowed region the most. The picture corresponds remarkably well with the SM predictions. 1 As we measure sin2f, there is a p-2f vs 2f ambiguity. 1 1 1
Increasing sensitivity to New Physics Decreasing tree amplitude NEW NEW NEW No results on b s penguin decays
CP even CP odd CP even CP odd CP even + CP odd result:
Decay rate difference:
First three-dimensional analysis CP-odd fraction Input for the next analysis…
Background subtracted “golden modes” ~12600 sig. ev. ~14000 sig. ev. CP odd background Background subtracted CP even background CP even + CP odd result:
background Combined result:
New result Extra result:
New result
Evidence for CP violation !! (4 sigma from S=A=0) New result Evidence for CP violation !! (4 sigma from S=A=0) 2.4 sigma from S=A=0
Preliminary Disentangle CP-odd fraction background background
B to D*+ D*- Preliminary background
CP violation with 3.8 significance B to D*+ D*- Preliminary CP violation with 3.8 significance background
Summary CP violation was measured in many different B decays The results presented have an excellent agreement with Standard Model