Determination of $\gamma$ and $-2\beta_s$ from charmless two-body decays of beauty mesons

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LHCb-PAPER-2014-045
CERN-PH-EP-2014-207
arXiv:1408.4368 [PDF]

(Submitted on 19 Aug 2014)
Phys. Lett. B741 (2015) 1
Inspire 1311489

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Abstract

Using the latest LHCb measurements of time-dependent CP violation in the B^0_s -> K^+K^- decay, a U-spin relation between the decay amplitudes of B^0_s -> K^+K^- and B^0 -> \pi^+\pi^- decay processes allows constraints to be placed on the angle gamma of the unitarity triangle and on the B^0_s mixing phase -2\beta_s. Results from an extended approach, which uses additional inputs on B^0 -> \pi^0\pi^0 and B^+ -> \pi^+\pi^0 decays from other experiments and exploits isospin symmetry, are also presented. The dependence of the results on the maximum allowed amount of U-spin breaking is studied. At 68 probability, the value \gamma = ( 63.5 +7.2 -6.7 ) degrees modulo 180 degrees is determined. In an alternative analysis, the value -2\beta_s = -0.12 +0.14 -0.16 rad is found. In both measurements, the uncertainties due to U-spin breaking effects up to 50 are included.

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Dependences of the $68\%$ (hatched areas) and $95\%$ (filled areas) probability intervals on the allowed amount of non-factorizable U-spin breaking, for (a) $\gamma$ from analysis A and (b) $-2\beta_s$ from analysis B.	gammaFLtot.pdf [131 KiB] HiDef png [393 KiB] Thumbnail [231 KiB] *.C file
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Distributions of (a) $\gamma$ from analysis A and (b) $-2\beta_s$ from analysis B, corresponding to $\kappa=0.5$. The hatched areas correspond to 68% probability intervals, whereas the filled areas correspond to 95% probability intervals.	gammaF[..].pdf [148 KiB] HiDef png [193 KiB] Thumbnail [126 KiB] *.C file
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Dependences of the $68\%$ (hatched areas) and $95\%$ (filled areas) probability intervals on the allowed amount of non-factorizable U-spin breaking, for (a) $\gamma$ from analysis C and (b) $-2\beta_s$ from analysis D.	gammaPlot.pdf [119 KiB] HiDef png [318 KiB] Thumbnail [193 KiB] *.C file
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Distributions of (a) $\gamma$ from analysis C and (b) $-2\beta_s$ from analysis D, corresponding to $\kappa=0.5$. The hatched areas correspond to 68% probability intervals, whereas the filled areas correspond to 95% probability intervals.	gammaC[..].pdf [145 KiB] HiDef png [199 KiB] Thumbnail [123 KiB] *.C file
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Results for (top) $\gamma$ and (bottom) $-2\beta_s$ with 50% ($\kappa=0.5$) non-factorizable U-spin breaking. As a comparison, other reference values are also reported. The most likely values are indicated by the vertical lines insides the boxes. The boxes and the error bars delimit the 68% and 95% probability intervals, respectively.	gammaC[..].pdf [123 KiB] HiDef png [159 KiB] Thumbnail [86 KiB] *.C file
	phisCo[..].pdf [148 KiB] HiDef png [124 KiB] Thumbnail [71 KiB] *.C file
Animated gif made out of all figures.	PAPER-2014-045.gif Thumbnail

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Current knowledge of $ C P$ violation parameters and $ C P$ -averaged branching fractions of $B^0\rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-$, $B^0\rightarrow \pi^0\pi^0$, $B^+\rightarrow \pi^+\pi^0$ and $B^0_s \rightarrow K^+K^-$ decays from BaBar, Belle, CDF and LHCb. The parameter $\rho(X, Y)$ is the statistical correlation between $X$ and $Y$. The first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic.	Table_1.pdf [69 KiB] HiDef png [72 KiB] Thumbnail [35 KiB] tex code
Experimental inputs used for the determination of $\gamma$ and $-2\beta_s$ from $B^0 \rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-$ and $B^0_s \rightarrow K^+K^-$ decays using U-spin symmetry. The parameter $\rho(X, Y)$ is the statistical correlation between $X$ and $Y$. For $C_{\pi^+\pi^-}$ and $S_{\pi^+\pi^-}$ we perform our own weighted average of BaBar, Belle and LHCb results, accounting for correlations.		[Error creating the table]
Ranges of flat priors used for the determination of $\gamma$ and $-2\beta_s$ from $B^0 \rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-$ and $B^0_s \rightarrow K^+K^-$ decays using U-spin symmetry.	Table_3.pdf [52 KiB] HiDef png [70 KiB] Thumbnail [34 KiB] tex code
Results obtained from analyses A and B with $\kappa=0.5$. The results are given modulo $180^\circ$ for $\vartheta$, $\vartheta^\prime$ and $\gamma$.	Table_4.pdf [54 KiB] HiDef png [77 KiB] Thumbnail [38 KiB] tex code
Experimental inputs used for the determination of $\gamma$ and $-2\beta_s$ from $B^0 \rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-$, $B^0 \rightarrow \pi^0\pi^0$, $B^+ \rightarrow \pi^+\pi^0$ and $B^0_s \rightarrow K^+K^-$ decays, using isospin and U-spin symmetries. The parameter $\rho(X, Y)$ is the statistical correlation between $X$ and $Y$. For $C_{\pi^+\pi^-}$ and $S_{\pi^+\pi^-}$ we perform our own weighted average of BaBar, Belle and LHCb results, accounting for correlations.		[Error creating the table]
Ranges of flat priors used for the determination of $\gamma$ and $-2\beta_s$ from $B^0 \rightarrow \pi^+\pi^-$, $B^0 \rightarrow \pi^0\pi^0$, $B^+ \rightarrow \pi^+\pi^0$ and $B^0_s \rightarrow K^+K^-$ decays, using isospin and U-spin symmetries.	Table_6.pdf [53 KiB] HiDef png [86 KiB] Thumbnail [39 KiB] tex code
Results obtained from analyses C and D with $\kappa=0.5$. The results are given modulo $180^\circ$ for $\vartheta$, $\vartheta^\prime$ and $\gamma$.	Table_7.pdf [55 KiB] HiDef png [91 KiB] Thumbnail [45 KiB] tex code