Measurement of CP violation in the phase space of $B^{\pm} \rightarrow K^{+} K^{-} \pi^{\pm}$ and $B^{\pm} \rightarrow \pi^{+} \pi^{-} \pi^{\pm}$ decays

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Abstract

The charmless decays $B^{\pm} \rightarrow K^{+}K^{-}\pi^{\pm}$ and $B^{\pm} \rightarrow \pi^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{\pm}$ are reconstructed in a data set, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb$^{-1}$ of pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV, collected by LHCb in 2011. The inclusive charge asymmetries of these modes are measured to be $A_{CP}(B^{\pm} \rightarrow K^{+}K^{-}\pi^{\pm}) =-0.141 \pm 0.040 (stat) \pm 0.018 (syst) \pm 0.007 (J/\psi K^{\pm})$ and $A_{CP}(B^{\pm} \rightarrow \pi^{+}\pi^{-}\pi^{\pm}) = 0.117 \pm 0.021 (stat) \pm 0.009 (syst) \pm 0.007 (J/\psi K^{\pm})$, where the third uncertainty is due to the CP asymmetry of the $B^{\pm} \rightarrow J/\psi K^{\pm}$ reference mode. In addition to the inclusive CP asymmetries, larger asymmetries are observed in localized regions of phase space.

Figures and captions

 Invariant mass spectra of (a) ${ B ^\pm \to \pi ^+ \pi ^- \pi ^\pm }$ decays and (b) ${ B ^\pm \to K ^+ K ^- \pi ^\pm }$ decays. The left panel in each figure shows the $B ^-$ modes and the right panel shows the $B ^+$ modes. The results of the unbinned maximum likelihood fits are overlaid. The main components of the fit are also shown. Fig1a.pdf [38 KiB] HiDef png [375 KiB] Thumbnail [268 KiB] *.C file Fig1b.pdf [40 KiB] HiDef png [392 KiB] Thumbnail [295 KiB] *.C file Asymmetries of the number of events (including signal and background) in bins of the Dalitz plot, $A_{\rm raw}^{N}$ , for (a) ${ B ^\pm \to \pi ^+ \pi ^- \pi ^\pm }$ and (b) ${ B ^\pm \to K ^+ K ^- \pi ^\pm }$ decays. The inset figures show the projections of the number of events in bins of (a) the $m^2_{\pi ^+ \pi ^- {\rm low}}$ variable for $m^2_{\pi ^+ \pi ^- {\rm high}} >15 {\mathrm{ Ge V^2 /}c^4}$ and (b) the $m^2_{ K ^+ K ^- }$ variable. The distributions are not corrected for efficiency. Fig2a.pdf [19 KiB] HiDef png [220 KiB] Thumbnail [209 KiB] *.C file Fig2b.pdf [18 KiB] HiDef png [221 KiB] Thumbnail [210 KiB] *.C file Invariant mass spectra of (a) ${ B ^\pm \to \pi ^+ \pi ^- \pi ^\pm }$ decays in the region $m^2_{\pi ^+ \pi ^- {\rm low}} < 0.4 {\mathrm{ Ge V^2 /}c^4}$ and $m^2_{\pi ^+ \pi ^- {\rm high}} > 15 {\mathrm{ Ge V^2 /}c^4}$, and (b) ${ B ^\pm \to K ^+ K ^- \pi ^\pm }$ decays in the region $m^2_{ K ^+ K ^- } < 1.5 {\mathrm{ Ge V^2 /}c^4}$. The left panel in each figure shows the $B ^-$ modes and the right panel shows the $B ^+$ modes. The results of the unbinned maximum likelihood fits are overlaid. Fig3a.pdf [34 KiB] HiDef png [346 KiB] Thumbnail [260 KiB] *.C file Fig3b.pdf [44 KiB] HiDef png [433 KiB] Thumbnail [304 KiB] *.C file Animated gif made out of all figures. PAPER-2013-051.gif Thumbnail

Tables and captions

 Systematic uncertainties on $A_{ C P } ( { B ^\pm \to K ^+ K ^- \pi ^\pm } )$ and $A_{ C P } ( { B ^\pm \to \pi ^+ \pi ^- \pi ^\pm } )$. The total systematic uncertainties are the sum in quadrature of the individual contributions. Table_1.pdf [45 KiB] HiDef png [99 KiB] Thumbnail [47 KiB] tex code

Created on 11 July 2020.