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Hadronic B→DX Decays at LHCb and CDF Laurence Carson, Imperial College on behalf of the LHCb Collaboration CIPANP 2012, St. Petersburg,FL
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Outline Physics motivation: why study hadronic B→DX decays? Selection of recent measurements: – Observation of new B s →DD’ decays (LHCb) – Improved measurements of B s →D s D s (LHCb and CDF) – Improved measurements of B s →D s K and B s →D s π (LHCb) – Observation of B→DKππ decays (LHCb) Many other interesting results not covered here 2
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Physics Motivation A variety of interesting physics is accessible using B→DX decays: Different methods to measure γ with B +/- →D 0 K +/- decays [talk of K.Akiba]. The decays B d →D + D - and B s →D s + D s - can be used to measure γ, using U-spin symmetry [e.g. hep-ph/0310252]. In addition, B d →D + D - can be used to measure sin(2β). Belle reported unexpectedly large direct CPV in this mode [hep-ex/0702031]. The decay B s →D s +/- K -/+ allows a theoretically clean γ measurement, uniquely possible at LHCb, via a flavour-tagged and time-dependent analysis [hep-ph/0304027, see also talk of K.Akiba]. The same methods used to measure γ using B +/- →D 0 K +/- can also be applied to B +/- →D 0 K +/- π + π - decays [hep-ph/0211282]. 3 ( )
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The LHCb Experiment Situated on LHC ring; pp collisions at E CM = 7 TeV. (8 TeV in 2012) Forward arm spectrometer, optimised for study of B and D decays. 4 Hardware trigger reduces event rate to 1MHz, followed by software trigger reducing to several kHz. This allows high trigger efficiency, even on purely hadronic final states.
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The CDF Experiment Situated on TeVatron ring; pp collisions at E CM = 1.96 TeV Central detector, tracks reconstructed by Si vertex detector and drift chamber (COT). 5 Charged hadron PID using – dE/dx in COT – TOF system between COT and solenoid Hadronic trigger searches for two oppositely-charged tracks with vertex displaced from primary interaction
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B s →DD’ at LHCb D mesons are reconstructed as D 0 →Kπ, D + →Kππ or D s →KKπ. Final selection based on BDT for each D type, trained on data using relevant B (s) →Dπ decay (signal) and D mass sidebands (background). Cross-feeds (and Λ c ) suppressed using combined mass/PID vetoes. 6 LHCb-CONF- 2012-009 1.0/fb B s →D s D s B d →D + D s (loose selection) Syst dominated by f s /f d (true for all modes) Preliminary Around five times more precise than previous world average.
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B s →DD’ at LHCb First observations of B s →D + D s (10.1σ) and B s →D + D - (10.7σ): 7 B d,s →D + D s (tight selection) B d,s →D + D - Both are in agreement with expectations of ≈|V cd /V cs | 2 = 0.05 and ≈1. Preliminary LHCb-CONF- 2012-009
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B s →DD’ at LHCb First observation of B s →D 0 D 0 (5.4σ), and hint of B d →D 0 D 0 (2.1σ): 8 B d,s →D 0 D 0 B - →D 0 D s Again, this is in agreement with expectations. Future plans include measurements of β and γ with B d →D + D - and B s →D s + D s -, once more data has been collected. Preliminary LHCb-CONF- 2012-009
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Reconstruct D s →KKπ, with KK in φ window or Kπ in K* window. Soft π 0 or γ from D s *→D s not reconstructed. Normalisation is made to B d →D s D -. B s →D s (*) D s (*) at CDF 9 6.8/fb CDF Note 10721
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which is smaller than ΔΓ s measured in B s →J/ψφ [e.g. LHCb-CONF-2012-002], suggesting that the three-body contribution is sizeable. and can be used to measure ΔΓ s, ignoring possible contributions from three-body modes [PLB 316, 567] : This yields:, B s →D s (*) D s (*) at CDF 10 The result for B s →D s D s is in agreement with the LHCb value. Third error is from f s /f d and B (B d →D s D - ) The inclusive B is:,
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B s →D s h at LHCb An accurate measurement of B (B s →D s K) is an important stepping stone on the path to a γ measurement with this mode [talk of K.Akiba]. High B s →D s π yield allows benchmark B measurement for B s modes. Final selection uses a BDT, trained on B s →D s π data and optimised for significance of the B s →D s K signal. Backgrounds from Λ c are vetoed, similarly to the B→DD’ analysis. 11 0.37/fb hep-ex/ 12041237 B s →D s π B d →D - π (normalisation)
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B s →D s h at LHCb: D s K Tight PID criterion applied to bachelor K, to suppress B s →D s π. Performance of PID criteria measured on data using D* + →D 0 (Kπ)π +. Shape of misidentified B s →D s π component determined from data, accounting for effect of PID requirements. D s π yield is left free, and cross-checked against expectation from PID. 12 Background from B d →D - K constrained using misID probability of PID criteria. Cross-check: fitted yield of B d →D s K agrees with expectation from PDG.
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B s →D s h at LHCb Experimental systematics include fit model, and translation of PID performance from D* calibration sample to signal B decays. 13 For absolute B measurements, additional external systematics include B (B d →D - π) and LHCb value of f s /f d (from semileptonic decays). – However the D branching fraction uncertainties are subtracted from the f s /f d uncertainty, since f s /f d extraction also depends on these branching fractions. Experimental, plus B (B d →D - π) f s /f d only Total errors are 10% (D s π) and 12% (D s K) respectively. Both measurements significantly improve on the previous world average values of (3.2±0.5)x10 -3 (D s π) and (3.0±0.7)x10 -4 (D s K).
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Observation of B→DKππ B measured relative to the Cabibbo-favoured B→Dπππ modes. Tight PID criterion is applied to bachelor K, to suppress B→Dπππ. 14 35/pb (2010) PRL 108, 161801 First observations of (c) B d →D - Kππ (7.2σ) and (d) B + →D 0 Kππ (9.0σ). LHCb trigger in 2011/ 2012 contains improvements leading to higher B→Dhhh yields per pb -1 than in 2010 data
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Observation of B→DKππ In the future, the B - mode will be used to add sensitivity to the γ measurement with B +/- →D 0 K +/- decays. Also, method to measure γ with B s →D s K can be extended to B s →D s Kππ - search for this mode is underway. 15 Systematics arise from fit model, PID efficiency and Kππ invariant mass distribution. Kππ system consistent with decays of excited strange states, such as K 1 (1270).
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Summary Many interesting physics measurements can be made with hadronic B→DX decays. Observations made of many new modes: B s →D + D s, B s →D + D -, B s →D 0 D 0, B d →D - Kππ and B + →D 0 Kππ. Greatly improved measurements of B s →D s D s and B s →D s h. These measurements open the road to new ways to measure physics parameters such as γ. Stay tuned for more results in the future! – LHCb expects to collect ≈1.5/fb at 8 TeV in 2012 16
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Semileptonic f s /f d at LHCb Can measure f s /(f u +f d ) using D 0 Xμν, D + Xμν, D s Xμν, after correcting for cross-feeds. 18 f s /(f u + f d ) = 0.134 ± 0.004 (stat) – 0.010 (syst) + 0.011 No dependence on p T or η is seen. Assuming f u =f d, simply doubling this value gives f s /f d. PRD 85, 032008
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B→DD’ 19 from hep-ph/07054421 ae iθ is the ratio of penguin to tree amplitudes
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Measuring γ with B s →D s K 20 The final state D s - K + is accessible by both B s and B s : Both diagrams have similar magnitudes, hence large interference between them is possible. Using a flavour-tagged, time-dependent analysis, we can measure four decay rates - B s or B s to D s + K - or D s - K + From these rates, γ can be extracted in an unambiguous and theoretically clean way.
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Measuring γ with B s →D s K 21 Strong phase difference
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