Investigation of CP violation in B^0 -> J/psi K^0_S decays at LEP

dc.creatorThe OPAL Collaboration
dc.creatoral, K. Ackerstaff et
dc.date1998-01-23
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dc.descriptionAn investigation of CP violation was performed using a total of 24 candidates for B^0 -> J/psi K^0_S decay, with a purity of about 60%. These events were selected from 4.4 million hadronic Z^0 decays recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP. An analysis procedure, involving techniques to reconstruct the proper decay times and tag the produced b-flavours, B^0 or B^0(bar), has been developed to allow a first direct study of the time dependent CP asymmetry that, in the Standard Model, is sin(2beta). The result is sin(2beta) = 3.2_{-2.0}^{+1.8} +/- 0.5, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic. This result is used to determine probabilities for different values of sin(2beta) in the physical region from -1 to +1.
dc.description21 pages, LaTeX, 4 eps figures included, submitted to Phys. Lett. B
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9801022
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9801022
dc.identifierEur.Phys.J.C5:379-388,1998
dc.identifierdoi:10.1007/s100520050284
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/207392
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleInvestigation of CP violation in B^0 -> J/psi K^0_S decays at LEP
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