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Measurements of the CKM angle $\gamma$ at the LHCb experiment
Two measurements of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa angle $\gamma$ using $B \to D K$ and $B^{0} \to D K^{\ast 0}$ decays are presented in this thesis. The subsequent $D$ meson decays to the $K_{S}^{0} \pi^{+} \pi^{-}$ and $K_{S}^{0} K^{+} K^{-}$ final states are studied using a binned Dalitz plot ana...
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author | Cheung, Faye |
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author_sort | Cheung, Faye |
collection | CERN |
description | Two measurements of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa angle $\gamma$ using $B \to D K$ and $B^{0} \to D K^{\ast 0}$ decays are presented in this thesis. The subsequent $D$ meson decays to the $K_{S}^{0} \pi^{+} \pi^{-}$ and $K_{S}^{0} K^{+} K^{-}$ final states are studied using a binned Dalitz plot analysis. The $D$ strong-phase variation over the Dalitz plot is taken from measurements performed at the CLEO-c experiment, making the analysis independent of a model to describe the $D$ decay amplitude. Both measurements are performed using proton-proton collision data collected by the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment in 2011 and 2012, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb$^{-1}$ at centre-of-mass energies $\sqrt{s}=$ 7 TeV and 8 TeV. The value $\gamma=(62\,^{+15}_{-14})^{\circ}$ is measured using $B \to D K$ decays and $\gamma=(71\pm20)^{\circ}$ is measured using $B^{0} \to D K^{\ast 0}$ decays, with a second solution for each value corresponding to $\gamma+180^{\circ}$. The measurements are consistent with the world average value of $\gamma$. |
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institution | Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear |
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spelling | cern-22410402019-09-30T06:29:59Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/2241040engCheung, FayeMeasurements of the CKM angle $\gamma$ at the LHCb experimentParticle Physics - ExperimentTwo measurements of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa angle $\gamma$ using $B \to D K$ and $B^{0} \to D K^{\ast 0}$ decays are presented in this thesis. The subsequent $D$ meson decays to the $K_{S}^{0} \pi^{+} \pi^{-}$ and $K_{S}^{0} K^{+} K^{-}$ final states are studied using a binned Dalitz plot analysis. The $D$ strong-phase variation over the Dalitz plot is taken from measurements performed at the CLEO-c experiment, making the analysis independent of a model to describe the $D$ decay amplitude. Both measurements are performed using proton-proton collision data collected by the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment in 2011 and 2012, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb$^{-1}$ at centre-of-mass energies $\sqrt{s}=$ 7 TeV and 8 TeV. The value $\gamma=(62\,^{+15}_{-14})^{\circ}$ is measured using $B \to D K$ decays and $\gamma=(71\pm20)^{\circ}$ is measured using $B^{0} \to D K^{\ast 0}$ decays, with a second solution for each value corresponding to $\gamma+180^{\circ}$. The measurements are consistent with the world average value of $\gamma$.CERN-THESIS-2016-227oai:cds.cern.ch:22410402017-01-10T09:37:12Z |
spellingShingle | Particle Physics - Experiment Cheung, Faye Measurements of the CKM angle $\gamma$ at the LHCb experiment |
title | Measurements of the CKM angle $\gamma$ at the LHCb experiment |
title_full | Measurements of the CKM angle $\gamma$ at the LHCb experiment |
title_fullStr | Measurements of the CKM angle $\gamma$ at the LHCb experiment |
title_full_unstemmed | Measurements of the CKM angle $\gamma$ at the LHCb experiment |
title_short | Measurements of the CKM angle $\gamma$ at the LHCb experiment |
title_sort | measurements of the ckm angle $\gamma$ at the lhcb experiment |
topic | Particle Physics - Experiment |
url | http://cds.cern.ch/record/2241040 |
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