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Measurement of CP-Violating Asymmetries in $B^0\to(\rho\pi)^0$ Using a Time-Dependent Dalitz Plot Analysis

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We report a measurement of CP-violating asymmetries in B0(ρπ)0π+ππ0B^0\to(\rho\pi)^0\to\pi^+\pi^-\pi^0 decays using a time-dependent Dalitz plot analysis. The results are obtained from a data sample of 347 million Υ(4S)BBˉ\Upsilon(4S) \to B\bar{B} decays, collected by the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B Factory at SLAC. We measure 26 coefficients of the bilinear form factor terms occurring in the time-dependent decay rate of the \Bz meson and derive the physically relevant quantities from these coefficients. In particular we find a three standard deviation evidence of direct CP-violation in B0ρ±πB^0\to\rho^\pm\pi^\mp decays, with systematic uncertainties included. We also achieve a constraint of the angle α\alpha of the Unitarity Triangle. All results presented are preliminary.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0608002,
  title  = {Measurement of CP-Violating Asymmetries in $B^0\to(\rho\pi)^0$ Using a Time-Dependent Dalitz Plot Analysis},
  author = {The BABAR Collaboration and B. Aubert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0608002},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

32 pages, 13 postscript figures, submitted to ICHEP2006 Fixed typos in the statistical and systematic correlation matrices