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B Decays to Open Charm (an experimental overview) Yury Kolomensky LBNL/UC Berkeley Flavor Physics and CP Violation Philadelphia, May 18, 2002
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays Contents of This Talk Focus on recent results, in particular “rare” modes, accessible with high statistics samples at CLEO, Belle, and BaBar Due to time constraints, can’t cover the plethora of modes and measurements shown on the front page Topics: B D (*) D (*) : Cabibbo-suppressed: BF, Angular analysis, CPV B D (*) K : Cabibbo-suppressed: potential for Color-suppressed open charm decays B 0 D 0(*) X 0 B 0 D S +(*) : V ub -suppressed
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays b ccd decays: B D (*) D (*) mixing decay CP B0B0 D ( * )- D(*)+D(*)+ ( ) B0B0 D ( * )- D(*)+D(*)+ ( ) -η eff sin2βsin(ΔmΔt) Complementary to J/ K S (b ccs) Potential sensitivity to New Physics But: Cabibbo-suppression, penguin pollution, angular structure _
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays First Things First: Observation of B D (*) D (*) First observation: CLEO, PRD 62, 032005 (2000) 9.7M B decays 8 signal events 6 observation
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays Summary of BF Measurements Significance BF ( 10 ) CLEO (9 fb -1 ) BaBar (20 fb -1 ) Belle (20 fb -1 ) CLEO (10 fb -1 ) BaBar (20 fb -1 ) Belle (30 fb -1, new) Belle (partial reco) CLEO (9 fb -1 ) BaBar Belle
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays D*D final states are not CP eigenstates: B0B0 D*+D*+ B0B0 D _ D*+D*+ D+D+ D* _D* _ D+D+ D* _D* _ CP conjugation strong phase D *+ D *- is not an eigenstate either: it is a combination of CP-odd and CP-even amplitudes. Measure CP content through angular (transversity) analysis for decay products Difficulties for CP Analysis
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays The angular distribution as a function of one angle, tr : Where R t is a fraction of P-wave (CP-odd) component Transversity Analysis for B 0 D *+ D *- R t = 0.22 0.18 0.03 signal fit background fit BaBar Results:
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays CP asymmetry in D *+ D *- and D *+ D - D * N tag = 76 Purity = 80% D * D N tag = 85 Purity = 52% BaBar 1999-2001 data sample: 56fb on (4S) Fit for S f and C f Separate S f and C f for D *+ D - and D *- D +. D * D * S = -0.05 0.45 0.05 C = 0.12 0.30 0.05 D * D S +- = -0.43 1.41 0.20 C +- = 0.53 0.74 0.13 S -+ = 0.38 0.88 0.05 C -+ = 0.30 0.50 0.08 Expect 10-fold increase in statistics over the next 4 years
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays B D (*)0 K Decays: Motivation Determine through amplitude relationships (up to discrete ambiguities) Gronau &Wiler; Dunietz (1991) Potential for measuring CKM angle
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays Experimental Challenges Rate suppressed by about factor of 10 compared to favored mode B D 0 Small BF Need to reconstruct D 0 into a CP eigenstate (another Cabibbo penalty) Particle identification crucial B Dh D KK B Dh D K h= h= (BaBar preliminary)
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays BF Results CLEO (3 fb -1 ) BaBar (55 fb -1, non-CP modes, new) BaBar (55 fb -1, CP modes, new) Belle (10 fb -1 ) (5.5±1.4±0.5)% (8.31±0.35±0.13)% (8.4±2.0±0.8)% (7.9±0.9±0.6)% Belle (10 fb -1 )(6.8±1.5±0.7)% Belle (10 fb -1 )(7.8±1.9±0.9)% Belle (10 fb -1 ) BaBar (20 fb-1, partial reco) (7.4±1.5±0.6)% (6.6±1.3±0.6)% CLEO (9 fb -1 )(6.1±1.6±1.7)*10 -4 CLEO (9 fb -1 )(3.7±1.5±1.0)*10 -4 CLEO (9 fb -1 )(7.7±2.2±2.6)*10 -4 CLEO (9 fb -1 )(3.8±1.3±0.8)*10 -4
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays Decays into D 0 CP Belle: 29.1fb -1 sample (preliminary, 2002) Measure amplitude asymmetries for 3 samples: D f : flavor eigenstate D 0 K + (control sample) D 1 (D CP=+1 ): CP eigenstates D 0 K + and D 0 + D 2 (D CP=-1 ): CP eigenstates D 0 K S 0, K S K S ’, K S K S BaBar: 55 fb -1 sample (preliminary, 2002) D f : flavor eigenstate D 0 K + (control sample) D + (D CP=+1 ): CP eigenstate D 0 K + Strong phase difference Measure
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays Direct CP Asymmetry in B DK ModeExptA CP B ± D f K ± Belle (new) BaBar (new) B ± D 1 K ± Belle (new) BaBar (new) B ± D 2 K ± Belle (new) Belle B ± D 1 K ± EE Belle B ± D 2 K ± EE Belle B ± D f K ± EE
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays Color-Suppressed Open Charm Decays Test of factorization in Class II B M c L 0 decays Class I (color-allowed) Class II (color-suppressed) “Naïve” Factorization: a 1 and a 2 two phenomenological (but mode-independent) real parameters that can be determined from data (e.g. Neubert & Stech, hep-ph/9705292)
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays Color-Suppressed Modes: the Data Recent measurements of color- suppressed and color-favored B DX light modes CLEO observation of B 0 D (*)0 0 (2001) Belle observation of B 0 D (*)0 0, B 0 D (*)0 B 0 D (*)0 (2001) CLEO new measurements of color-allowed B D BaBar new measurement of B 0 D (*) a B0D0B0D0 B0D00B0D00
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays Color-Suppressed Modes: Results ModeExperimentSignificance BF ( 10 -4 ) Prediction (*) ( 10 -4 ) B0D00B0D00 CLEO (9 fb -1 ) Belle (21 fb -1 ) 12.1 7.9 0.7 B 0 D *0 0 CLEO (9 fb -1 ) Belle (21 fb -1 ) 5.9 3.2 1.0 B0D0B0D0 Belle (21 fb -1 )4.70.7 B 0 D *0 Belle (21 fb -1 )4.31.7 B0D0B0D0 Belle (21 fb -1 )3.80.5 B 0 D *0 Belle (21 fb -1 )3.60.6 BD0BD0 CLEO (9 fb -1 )48 B0DB0D CLEO(9 fb -1 )30 B 0 D (*) a BaBar (21 fb -1 ), partial reco 116
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays Interpretations 2 independent isospin amplitudes: and with non –zero phase difference CLEO analysis (2002, preliminary): (CLEO data) (CLEO and Belle data) » Non-zero strong phase differences: violates the basic assumption of naïve factorization. Sizable final-state rescattering effects in Class II processes (similar analysis: Neubert & Petrov, hep-ph/0108103)
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays Motivation: measurement of sin(2 + ) using B 0 D (*) Requires amplitude decomposition B 0 D (*)+ and B 0 D (*) Need to measure Cabibbo-allowed BR=0.0030±0.0004 Cabibbo-suppressed BR not known A(B 0 D (*-) + ) A(B 0 D (*+) - ) D(*) = ~0.02 A(B 0 D s (*-) + ) SU(3) A(B 0 D (*-) + ) V ub -suppressed Decay B 0 D S +(*)
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays Evidence for B D s (*) D cos 2 C BF (B D ) BF (B D s ) fD2fD2 f Ds 2 Measurement of the parameter D d c d BB DsDs b u s Reconstructed D s modes D S , K *0 K +, K S K +, D S *+ D S + K *0 K S Background rejection helicity angle (for D s , K *0 K + modes) Fisher discriminant cos thrust D s vertex probability ( E, m ES ) of the reconstructed B Also: potential for measuring V ub /V cb through ratios Kim et al, PRD 63, 094506 (2001) (shaky theoretical grounds ?) BaBar, 2002, 56 fb -1
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays Evidence for B D s 14.9 4.1 events D D BF( B D s ) = ( 3.1 1.0 1.0 ) 10 5 BF( B D s ) BF(D s ) = ( 1.11 0.37 0.24 ) 10 6 BF(B D s * 10 -5 @ 90% CL BF( B D s ) = ( 3.1 1.0 1.0 ) 10 5 BF( B D s ) BF(D s ) = ( 1.11 0.37 0.24 ) 10 6 BF(B D s * 10 -5 @ 90% CL B D s : significance of the signal = 3.5 BaBar Preliminary B 0 D S +* B D s * : significance of the signal = 2.2 Belle (21.3 fb ): BF( B D s ) < 10 -5, BF( B D s K ) < 7 10 -5
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays B D s : Unofficial (*) Interpretation (*) Riccardo Faccini, private communication Assuming SU(3) symmetry: What is SU(3) uncertainty ? Assuming naïve factorization (a la Kim et al) and using PDG value for BF(B 0 D S D * ): Experimental error 0.023: but is 15% theoretical uncertainty reliable ? Need theoretical guidance
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05/18/2002 Yury Kolomensky, Open Charm Decays Outlook Interesting new data coming from (old and new) B factories Helicity structure and first CP asymmetries in B D (*) D (*) First measurements of direct CP asymmetries in B DK First observations of color-suppressed decays open charm decays First evidence for B D s More on the way: ten times more data at both BaBar and Belle by 2005
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