Measurement of initial-state–final-state radiation interference in the processes e[superscript +]e[superscript -] → μ[superscript +]μ[superscript -]γ and e[superscript +]e[superscript -] → π[superscript +]π[superscript -]γ

Charge asymmetry in the processes e[superscript +]e[superscript -] → μ[superscript +]μ[superscript -]γ and e[superscript +]e[superscript -] → π[superscript +]π[superscript -]γ is measured using 232  fb[superscript -1] of data collected with the BABAR detector at e[superscript +]e[superscript -] cent...

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Main Authors: Lees, J. P., Poireau, V., Tisserand, V., Grauges, E., Palano, A., Eigen, G., Stugu, B., Brown, D. N., Kerth, L. T., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Lee, M. J., Lynch, G., Koch, H., Schroeder, T., Hearty, C., Mattison, T. S., McKenna, J. A., So, R. Y., Khan, A., Blinov, V. E., Buzykaev, A. R., Druzhinin, V. P., Golubev, V. B., Kravchenko, E. A., Onuchin, A. P., Serednyakov, S. I., Skovpen, Yu. I., Solodov, E. P., Todyshev, K. Yu., Lankford, A. J., Dey, B., Gary, J. W., Long, O., Franco Sevilla, M., Hong, T. M., Kovalskyi, D., Richman, J. D., West, C. A., Eisner, A. M., Lockman, W. S., Panduro Vazquez, W., Schumm, B. A., Seiden, A., Chao, D. S., Cheng, C. H., Echenard, B., Flood, K. T., Hitlin, D. G., Kim, J., Miyashita, T. S., Ongmongkolkul, P., Porter, F. C., Röhrken, M., Andreassen, R., Huard, Z., Meadows, B. T., Pushpawela, B. G., Sokoloff, M. D., Sun, L., Ford, W. T., Smith, J. G., Wagner, S. R., Ayad, R., Toki, W. H., Spaan, B., Bernard, D., Verderi, M., Playfer, S., Bettoni, D., Bozzi, C., Calabrese, R., Cibinetto, G., Fioravanti, E., Garzia, I., Luppi, E., Piemontese, L., Santoro, V., Calcaterra, A., de Sangro, R., Finocchiaro, G., Martellotti, S., Patteri, P., Peruzzi, I. M., Piccolo, M., Zallo, A., Contri, R., Monge, M. R., Passaggio, S., Patrignani, C., Bhuyan, B., Prasad, V., Adametz, A., Uwer, U., Lacker, H. M., Mallik, U., Chen, C., Cochran, J., Prell, S., Ahmed, H., Gritsan, A. V., Arnaud, N., Davier, M., Derkach, D., Grosdidier, G., Le Diberder, F., Lutz, A. M., Malaescu, B., Roudeau, P., Stocchi, A., Wang, L. L., Wormser, G., Lange, D. J., Wright, D. M., Coleman, J. P., Fry, J. R., Gabathuler, E., Hutchcroft, D. E., Payne, D. J., Touramanis, C., Bevan, A. J., Di Lodovico, F., Sacco, R., Cowan, G., Davis, C. L., Denig, A. G., Fritsch, M., Gradl, W., Griessinger, K., Hafner, A., Schubert, K. R., Barlow, R. J., Lafferty, G. D., Cenci, R., Hamilton, B., Jawahery, A., Roberts, D. A., Cheaib, R., Patel, P. M., Robertson, S. H., Neri, N., Palombo, F., Cremaldi, L., Godang, R., Summers, D. J., Simard, M., Taras, P., De Nardo, G., Onorato, G., Sciacca, C., Raven, G., Jessop, C. P., LoSecco, J. M., Honscheid, K., Kass, R., Margoni, M., Morandin, M., Posocco, M., Rotondo, M., Simi, G., Simonetto, F., Stroili, R., Akar, S., Ben-Haim, E., Bomben, M., Bonneaud, G. R., Briand, H., Calderini, G., Chauveau, J., Leruste, Ph., Marchiori, G., Ocariz, J., Biasini, M., Manoni, E., Rossi, A., Angelini, C., Batignani, G., Bettarini, S., Carpinelli, M., Casarosa, G., Chrzaszcz, M., Forti, F., Giorgi, M. A., Lusiani, A., Oberhof, B., Paoloni, E., Rama, M., Rizzo, G., Walsh, J. J., Lopes Pegna, D., Olsen, J., Smith, A. J. S., Anulli, F., Faccini, R., Ferrarotto, F., Ferroni, F., Gaspero, M., Pilloni, A., Piredda, G., Bünger, C., Dittrich, S., Grünberg, O., Hess, M., Leddig, T., Voß, C., Waldi, R., Adye, T., Olaiya, E. O., Wilson, F. F., Emery, S., Vasseur, G., Aston, D., Bard, D. J., Cartaro, C., Convery, M. R., Dorfan, J., Dubois-Felsmann, G. P., Dunwoodie, W., Ebert, M., Field, R. C., Fulsom, B. G., Graham, M. T., Hast, C., Innes, W. R., Kim, P., Leith, D. W. G. S., Luitz, S., Luth, V., MacFarlane, D. B., Muller, D. R., Neal, H., Pulliam, T., Ratcliff, B. N., Roodman, A., Schindler, R. H., Snyder, A., Su, D., Sullivan, M. K., Va’vra, J., Wisniewski, W. J., Wulsin, H. W., Purohit, M. V., Wilson, J. R., Randle-Conde, A., Sekula, S. J., Bellis, M., Burchat, P. R., Puccio, E. M. T., Alam, M. S., Ernst, J. A., Gorodeisky, R., Guttman, N., Peimer, D. R., Soffer, A., Spanier, S. M., Ritchie, J. L., Schwitters, R. F., Izen, J. M., Lou, X. C., Bianchi, F., De Mori, F., Filippi, A., Gamba, D., Lanceri, L., Vitale, L., Martinez-Vidal, F., Oyanguren, A., Albert, J., Banerjee, Sw., Beaulieu, A., Bernlochner, F. U., Choi, H. H. F., King, G. J., Kowalewski, R., Lewczuk, M. J., Lueck, T., Nugent, I. M., Roney, J. M., Sobie, R. J., Tasneem, N., Gershon, T. J., Harrison, P. F., Latham, T. E., Band, H. R., Dasu, S., Pan, Y., Prepost, R., Wu, S. L., Cowan, Ray F
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99723
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Summary:Charge asymmetry in the processes e[superscript +]e[superscript -] → μ[superscript +]μ[superscript -]γ and e[superscript +]e[superscript -] → π[superscript +]π[superscript -]γ is measured using 232  fb[superscript -1] of data collected with the BABAR detector at e[superscript +]e[superscript -] center-of-mass energies near 10.58 GeV. An observable is introduced and shown to be very robust against detector asymmetries while keeping a large sensitivity to the physical charge asymmetry that results from the interference between initial- and final-state radiation (FSR). The asymmetry is determined as a function of the invariant mass of the final-state tracks from production threshold to a few GeV/c[superscript 2]. It is compared to the expectation from QED for e[superscript +]e[superscript -] → μ[superscript +]μ[superscript -]γ, and from theoretical models for e[superscript +]e[superscript -] → π[superscript +]π[superscript -]γ. A clear interference pattern is observed in e[superscript +]e[superscript -] → π[superscript +]π[superscript -]γ, particularly in the vicinity of the f[subscript 2](1270) resonance. The inferred rate of lowest-order FSR production is consistent with the QED expectation for e[superscript +]e[superscript -] → μ[superscript +]μ[superscript -]γ, and is negligibly small for e[superscript +]e[superscript -] → π[superscript +]π[superscript -]γ.