Published March 22, 2013
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Observation of direct CP violation in the measurement of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa angle γ with B^± → D^(*)K^((*)±) decays
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Abstract
We report the determination of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa CP-violating angle γ through the combination of various measurements involving B^± → DK^±, B^± → D^*K^±, and B^± → DK^(*±) decays performed by the BABAR experiment at the PEP-II e^+e^- collider at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Using up to 474 million BB pairs, we obtain γ=(69_(-16)^(+17))° modulo 180°. The total uncertainty is dominated by the statistical component, with the experimental and amplitude-model systematic uncertainties amounting to ±4°. The corresponding two-standard-deviation region is 41° < γ < 102°. This result is inconsistent with γ=0 with a significance of 5.9 standard deviations.
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© 2013 American Physical Society. Received 7 January 2013; published 22 March 2013. We are grateful for the extraordinary contributions of our PEP-II colleagues in achieving the excellent luminosity and machine conditions that have made this work possible. The success of this project also relies critically on the expertise and dedication of the computing organizations that support BABAR. The collaborating institutions wish to thank SLAC for its support and the kind hospitality extended to them. This work is supported by the US Department of Energy and National Science Foundation, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada), the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (France), the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Germany), the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italy), the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (The Netherlands), the Research Council of Norway, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spain), and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (United Kingdom). Individuals have received support from the Marie-Curie IEF program (European Union) and the A. P. Sloan Foundation (USA).Attached Files
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- Department of Energy (DOE)
- NSF
- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA)
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
- Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM)
- Research Council of Norway
- Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
- Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- Marie Curie Fellowship
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (IN2P3)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
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