Evidence for the suppressed decay B-→DK-, D→K+ π-π0

M. Nayak, J. Libby, K. Trabelsi, I. Adachi, H. Aihara, D. M. Asner, T. Aushev, A. M. Bakich, A. Bala, P. Behera, K. Belous, V. Bhardwaj, G. Bonvicini, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, T. E. Browder, D. Červenkov, M. C. Chang, P. Chang, V. ChekelianA. Chen, B. G. Cheon, R. Chistov, I. S. Cho, K. Cho, V. Chobanova, Y. Choi, D. Cinabro, J. Dalseno, M. Danilov, Z. Doležal, Z. Drásal, D. Dutta, S. Eidelman, S. Esen, H. Farhat, J. E. Fast, T. Ferber, V. Gaur, N. Gabyshev, S. Ganguly, R. Gillard, Y. M. Goh, B. Golob, J. Haba, H. Hayashii, Y. Horii, Y. Hoshi, W. S. Hou, H. J. Hyun, T. Iijima, A. Ishikawa, T. Iwashita, I. Jaegle, T. Julius, D. H. Kah, E. Kato, D. Y. Kim, H. J. Kim, J. B. Kim, M. J. Kim, Y. J. Kim, K. Kinoshita, J. Klucar, B. R. Ko, P. Kodyš, S. Korpar, P. Krishnan, P. Križan, P. Krokovny, T. Kuhr, T. Kumita, A. Kuzmin, Y. J. Kwon, S. H. Lee, J. Li, Y. Li, L. Li Gioi, Y. Liu, D. Liventsev, P. Lukin, H. Miyake, R. Mizuk, G. B. Mohanty, A. Moll, T. Mori, N. Muramatsu, R. Mussa, Y. Nagasaka, M. Nakao, E. Nedelkovska, K. Negishi, C. Ng, N. K. Nisar, O. Nitoh, S. Ogawa, S. Okuno, Y. Onuki, P. Pakhlov, G. Pakhlova, C. W. Park, H. Park, T. K. Pedlar, M. Petrič, L. E. Piilonen, M. Ritter, M. Röhrken, A. Rostomyan, H. Sahoo, T. Saito, Y. Sakai, S. Sandilya, L. Santelj, T. Sanuki, V. Savinov, O. Schneider, G. Schnell, C. Schwanda, A. J. Schwartz, K. Senyo, O. Seon, M. E. Sevior, M. Shapkin, C. P. Shen, T. A. Shibata, J. G. Shiu, B. Shwartz, A. Sibidanov, F. Simon, Y. S. Sohn, A. Sokolov, E. Solovieva, M. Starič, M. Steder, Z. Suzuki, U. Tamponi, G. Tatishvili, Y. Teramoto, M. Uchida, T. Uglov, Y. Unno, S. Uno, P. Urquijo, S. E. Vahsen, C. Van Hulse, P. Vanhoefer, G. Varner, K. E. Varvell, M. N. Wagner, C. H. Wang, M. Z. Wang, Y. Watanabe, K. M. Williams, E. Won, Y. Yamashita, S. Yashchenko, Y. Yusa, V. Zhilich, V. Zhulanov, A. Zupanc

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    Abstract

    We report a study of the suppressed decay B-→DK -, D→K+π-π0, where D denotes either a D0 or a D̄0 meson. The decay is sensitive to the CP -violating parameter 3. Using a data sample of 772×106 BB̄ pairs collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector, we measure the ratio of branching fractions of the above suppressed decay to the favored decay B-→DK-, D→K-π+π0. Our result is RDK=[1.98±0.62(stat)±0.24(syst)] ×10-2, which indicates the first evidence of the signal for this suppressed decay with a significance of 3.2 standard deviations. We measure the direct CP asymmetry between the suppressed B- and B+ decays to be ADK=0.41±0.30(stat)±0.05(syst). We also report measurements for the analogous quantities R and A for the decay B-→Dπ-, D→K+π-π0.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number091104
    JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
    Volume88
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013 Nov 14

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

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

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