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Charm System Tests of CPT and Lorentz Invariance with FOCUS

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We have performed a search for CPT violation in neutral charm meson oscillations. While flavor mixing in the charm sector is predicted to be small by the Standard Model, it is still possible to investigate CPT violation through a study of the proper time dependence of a CPT asymmetry in right-sign decay rates for D0Kπ+D^0\to K^-\pi^+ and \d0bK+π\d0b\to K^+\pi^-. This asymmetry is related to the CPT violating complex parameter ξ\xi and the mixing parameters xx and yy: ACPTReξyImξxA_{CPT}\propto{\rm Re} \xi y-{\rm Im} \xi x . Our 95% confidence level limit is 0.0068<ReξyImξx<0.0234-0.0068<{\rm Re} \xi y-{\rm Im} \xi x<0.0234. Within the framework of the Standard Model Extension incorporating general CPT violation, we also find 95% confidence level limits for the expressions involving coefficients of Lorentz violation of (2.8<N(x,y,δ)(Δa0+0.6ΔaZ)<4.8)×1016(-2.8<N(x,y,\delta)(\Delta a_0 + 0.6 \Delta a_Z)<4.8)\times 10^{-16} GeV, (7.0<N(x,y,δ)ΔaX<3.8)×1016(-7.0<N(x,y,\delta)\Delta a_X<3.8)\times 10^{-16} GeV, and (7.0<N(x,y,δ)ΔaY<3.8)×1016(-7.0<N(x,y,\delta)\Delta a_Y<3.8)\times 10^{-16} GeV, where N(x,y,δ)N(x,y,\delta) is the factor which incorporates mixing parameters xx, yy and the doubly Cabibbo suppressed to Cabibbo favored relative strong phase δ\delta.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0208034,
  title  = {Charm System Tests of CPT and Lorentz Invariance with FOCUS},
  author = {J. M. Link},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0208034},
  year   = {2008}
}

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12 pages 5 figures