Direct CP violation in the decay B+ to K+ pi0 at LHCb

<!--HTML--><p><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Flavor physics is a powerful venue to indirectly search for physics</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> beyond the Standard Model. &nbsp;Several anomalies have been observed in</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> the decays of B mesons, which have continued to persist with new data</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> and have been explored as potential hints of new physics. &nbsp;I will</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> discuss a longstanding anomaly in the CP asymmetries of B decays to a</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> kaon and pion, known as the K pi puzzle. &nbsp;I will present a new</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> measurement, the most precise to date, of the direct CP asymmetry in</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> the decay B+ to K+ pi0 at LHCb. This measurement is consistent with</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> the previous measurements of this quantity and significantly</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color:#000000"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> strengthens the anomaly.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p>Passcode: 509026</p>