Published March 23, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Lifetime Difference and CP-Violating Phase in the Bs0 System

  • 1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russian Federation)
  • 2. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019 (United States)
  • 3. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (United States)

Description

From an analysis of the decay Bs0→J/ψφ, we obtain the width difference between the light and heavy mass eigenstates ΔΓ≡(ΓL-ΓH)=0.17±0.09(stat)±0.02(syst) ps-1 and the CP-violating phase φs=-0.79±0.56(stat)-0.01+0.14(syst). Under the hypothesis of no CP violation (φs≡0), we obtain 1/Γ= τ(Bs0)=1.52±0.08(stat)-0.03+0.01(syst) ps and ΔΓ=0.12-0.10+0.08(stat)±0.02(syst) ps-1. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of about 1.1 fb-1 accumulated with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. This is the first direct measurement of the CP-violating mixing phase in the Bs0 system

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
98
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 121801-121801.7
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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Notes
(c) 2007 The American Physical Society
Collaborations
D0 Collaboration