1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300396003321

Autore

Röhrken Markus

Titolo

Time-Dependent CP Violation Measurements : Analyses of Neutral B Meson to Double-Charm Decays at the Japanese Belle Experiment / / by Markus Röhrken

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

3-319-00726-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

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

Disciplina

530.1

539.7

Soggetti

Elementary particles (Physics)

Quantum field theory

Mathematical physics

Physical measurements

Measurement   

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

Measurement Science and Instrumentation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Doctoral thesis accepted by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Theoretical Foundations -- The Belle Experiment -- Analysis Methods -- Reconstruction and Selection -- Branching Fraction Measurements -- Time-Dependent Measurements.

Sommario/riassunto

This thesis describes a high-quality, high-precision method for the data analysis of an interesting elementary particle reaction. The data was collected at the Japanese B-meson factory KEKB with the Belle detector, one of the most successful large-scale experiments worldwide. CP violation is a subtle quantum effect that makes the world look different when simultaneously left and right and matter and antimatter are exchanged. This being a prerequisite for our own world to have developed from the big bang, there are only a few experimental



indications of such effects, and their detection requires very intricate techniques. The discovery of CP violation in B meson decays garnered Kobayashi and Maskawa, who had predicted these findings as early as 1973, the 2008 Nobel prize in physics. This thesis describes in great detail what are by far the best measurements of branching ratios and CP violation parameters in two special reactions with two charm mesons in the final state. It presents an in-depth but accessible overview of the theory, phenomenology, experimental setup, data collection, Monte Carlo simulations, (blind) statistical data analysis, and systematic uncertainty studies.