First observation of CP violation and improved measurement of the branching fraction and polarization of B0→D*+ D*- decays

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Abstract

We report the measurement of the branching fraction, the polarization, and the parameters of the time-dependent CP violation in B0→D* +D* - decays using a data sample of 772×106BB̄ pairs, collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e +e - collider. We obtain a branching fraction of B=(7.82±0.38±0.63) ×10 -4, a CP-odd fraction of R =0.138±0. 024±0.006 and, additionally, a fraction of the longitudinal component in the transversity base of R 0=0.624±0.029±0.011. The measured values of the parameters of the CP violation are SD* +D* -=-0.79±0.13±0.03 and AD* +D* -=0.15±0.08±0.04.

Original languageEnglish
Article number071103
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume86
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012 Oct 18

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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