We report a measurement of the mass difference between neutral charm-meson eigenstates using a novel approach that enhances sensitivity to this parameter. We use 2.3×106 D0→KS0π+π- decays reconstructed in proton-proton collisions collected by the LHCb experiment in 2011 and 2012. Allowing for CP violation in mixing and in the interference between mixing and decay, we measure the CP-averaged normalized mass difference xCP=[2.7±1.6(stat)±0.4(syst)]×10-3 and the CP-violating parameter Δx=[-0.53±0.70(stat)±0.22(syst)]×10-3. The results are consistent with CP symmetry. These determinations are the most precise from a single experiment and, combined with current world-average results, yield the first evidence that the masses of the neutral charm-meson eigenstates differ.

Measurement of the Mass Difference between Neutral Charm-Meson Eigenstates / Aaij, R., Abellan Beteta, C., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Aidala, C.A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albicocco, P., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Alfonso Albero, A., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A.A., Amato, S., Amhis, Y., An, L., Anderlini, L., Andreassi, G., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 122:23(2019), p. 231802. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.231802]

Measurement of the Mass Difference between Neutral Charm-Meson Eigenstates

Capriotti L.;Casse G.;Sarti A.;Sciubba A.;
2019

Abstract

We report a measurement of the mass difference between neutral charm-meson eigenstates using a novel approach that enhances sensitivity to this parameter. We use 2.3×106 D0→KS0π+π- decays reconstructed in proton-proton collisions collected by the LHCb experiment in 2011 and 2012. Allowing for CP violation in mixing and in the interference between mixing and decay, we measure the CP-averaged normalized mass difference xCP=[2.7±1.6(stat)±0.4(syst)]×10-3 and the CP-violating parameter Δx=[-0.53±0.70(stat)±0.22(syst)]×10-3. The results are consistent with CP symmetry. These determinations are the most precise from a single experiment and, combined with current world-average results, yield the first evidence that the masses of the neutral charm-meson eigenstates differ.
2019
Charm physics; CP violation; Flavor physics; Hadron-Hadron Scattering; Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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Measurement of the Mass Difference between Neutral Charm-Meson Eigenstates / Aaij, R., Abellan Beteta, C., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Aidala, C.A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Albicocco, P., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Alfonso Albero, A., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A.A., Amato, S., Amhis, Y., An, L., Anderlini, L., Andreassi, G., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 122:23(2019), p. 231802. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.231802]
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