Search for CP violation in D[superscript ±] → K[0 over S] K[superscript ±] and D[± over s] → K[0 over S]π[superscript ±] decays

A search for CP violation in Cabibbo-suppressed D[superscript ±] → K[0 over S] K[superscript ±] and D[± over s] → K[0 over S]π[superscript ±] decays is performed using pp collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb, recorded by the LHCb experiment. The individual CP-violating a...

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Main Authors: Counts, Ian Thomas Hunt, Ilten, Philip J, Williams, Michael
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Springer-Verlag 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92536
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8285-3346
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4670-1334
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5534-1732
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Summary:A search for CP violation in Cabibbo-suppressed D[superscript ±] → K[0 over S] K[superscript ±] and D[± over s] → K[0 over S]π[superscript ±] decays is performed using pp collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb, recorded by the LHCb experiment. The individual CP-violating asymmetries are measured to be A[D± over CP] → K[0 over S]K[superscript ±] = (+0.03 ± 0.17 ± 0.14)% A[D [± over s] over CP] → K[0 over S]π[superscript ±] = (+0.38 ± 0.46 ± 0.17)%, assuming that CP violation in the Cabibbo-favoured decays is negligible. A combination of the measured asymmetries for the four decay modes D[± over (s)  → K[0 over S]K[superscript ±] and D[± over (s)  → K[0 over S]π[superscript ±] gives the sum A[D±→K[0 over S]K[superscript] over CP] + A[D±s→K[0 over S]π[superscript ±] over CP] = (+0.41 ± 0.49 ± 0.26)%. In all cases, the first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic. The results represent the most precise measurements of these asymmetries to date and show no evidence for CP violation.