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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300391903321

Autore

Gandini Paolo

Titolo

Observation of CP Violation in B±  DK± Decays / / by Paolo Gandini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-01029-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

530

Soggetti

Elementary particles (Physics)

Quantum field theory

String theory

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory

Quantum Field Theories, String Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Doctoral Thesis accepted by the University of Oxford, UK.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- CP violation in the SM and the CKM angle γ -- The LHCb experiment at the LHC -- Reconstruction and selection -- Background studies -- The simultaneous fit -- Results -- Conclusions -- Distributions of the BDT input variables -- Validation of the ApT variable -- Histograms of systematic errors -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

CP violation is a well-established phenomenon in particle physics, but until 2001 it was only observed in kaons. In the last decade, several matter-antimatter asymmetries have been observed in neutral B mesons in line with the expectations of the Standard Model of the weak interaction.  Direct CP violation is also expected in the decay rates of charged B+ mesons versus that of B- mesons, though the greatest effects are present in a decay that occurs just twice in 10 million decays. Such rarity requires huge samples to study and this is exactly what the LHC, and its dedicated B-physics experiment LHCb provide. This thesis presents an analysis of the first two years of LHCb data. The author describes the first observation of the rare decay, B-  DK-, D  π-K+ and the first observation of direct CP violation in this B decay. The work constitutes essential information on the experiment’s



measurement of a fundamental parameter of the theory and stands as a benchmark against which subsequent analyses of this type will be compared.