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Angular and CP-violation analyses of $\bar{B}\to D^{*+} l^-\bar{\nu}_{l}$ decays at hadron collider experiments

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2019-08-30 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The BˉD+lνˉl\bar{B}\to D^{*+} l^-\bar{\nu}_{l} branching fraction ratio R(D)R(D^{*}) has shown intriguing discrepancies between the Standard Model prediction and measurements performed at BaBar, Belle and LHCb experiments, a possible sign of beyond the Standard Model physics. Theoretical studies prove how observables related to the BˉD+lνˉl\bar{B}\to D^{*+} l^-\bar{\nu}_{l} differential decay distribution can be used to further constrain New Physics contributions, but their experimental measurements is lacking to date. This article presents the attainable precision on the measurement of BˉD+lνˉl\bar{B}\to D^{*+} l^-\bar{\nu}_{l} angular and CP-violating observables by exploiting approximate reconstruction algorithms using information from detectable final-state particles only, a case of special interest for hadron collider experiments. The resolution on the phase space variables is studied using BˉD+lνˉl\bar{B}\to D^{*+} l^-\bar{\nu}_{l} decays simulated in a forward detector geometry like LHCb. A novel method to correct the observable values for the reconstruction inaccuracies based on detector simulation is successfully tested on simulated data and the decrease in precision with respect to a perfect reconstruction is evaluated. The D+D^{*+} longitudinal polarization fraction and one of the CP-violating observables can be measured losing a factor 2 and 5 in precision, respectively. The extraction of phase space distributions from the template fit selecting BˉD+lνˉl\bar{B}\to D^{*+} l^-\bar{\nu}_{l} decays and associated systematic uncertainties are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1812.08144,
  title  = {Angular and CP-violation analyses of $\bar{B}\to D^{*+} l^-\bar{\nu}_{l}$ decays at hadron collider experiments},
  author = {Daniele Marangotto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.08144},
  year   = {2019}
}

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22 pages, 13 figures