Published October 13, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Constraining the Phase of Bs-Bs Mixing

  • 1. Department of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa 32000 (Israel)
  • 2. Department of Particle Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100 (Israel)

Description

New physics contributions to Bs-Bs mixing can be parametrized by the size (rs2) and the phase (2θs) of the total mixing amplitude relative to the standard model amplitude. The phase has so far been unconstrained. We first use the D0 measurement of the semileptonic CP asymmetry ASL to obtain the first constraint on the semileptonic CP asymmetry in Bs decays, ASLs=-0.008±0.011. Then we combine recent measurements by the CDF and D0 Collaborations--the mass difference (ΔMs), the width difference (ΔΓs), and ASLs--to constrain 2θs. The errors on ΔΓs and ASLs should still be reduced to have a sensitive probe of the phase, yet the central values are such that the regions around 2θs∼3π/2 and, in particular, 2θs∼π/2, are disfavored

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
97
Journal Issue
15
Journal Page Range
p. 151801-151801.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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