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Charm: Mixing, CP Violation and Rare Decays at LHCb

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2015-06-18 v1

Abstract

Recent results on mixing, CP violation and rare decays in charm physics from the LHCb experiment are presented. Study of ''wrong-sign'' D0K+πD^{0} \rightarrow K^+ \pi^- decays provides the highest precision measurements to date of the mixing parameters x2x^{\prime 2} and yy^{\prime}, and of CP violation in this decay mode. Direct and indirect CP violation in the D0D^0 system are probed to a sensitivity of around 10310^{-3} using D0K+KD^0 \rightarrow K^+K^- and D0π+πD^0 \rightarrow \pi^+\pi^- decays and found to be consistent with zero. Searches for the rare decays D(s)+π+μ+μD^+_{(s)} \rightarrow \pi^+\mu^+\mu^-, D(s)+πμ+μ+D^+_{(s)} \rightarrow \pi^-\mu^+\mu^+ and D0μ+μD^0 \rightarrow \mu^+\mu^- find no evidence of signal, but set the best limits on branching fractions to date. Thus, despite many excellent results in charm physics from LHCb, no evidence for physics beyond the Standard Model is found.

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@article{arxiv.1312.5246,
  title  = {Charm: Mixing, CP Violation and Rare Decays at LHCb},
  author = {Michael Alexander},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.5246},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Proceedings for PhiPsi 2013 conference. 6 pages, 3 figures