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Measurement of CP Violation at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ without Time Ordering or $\Delta t$

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-12-30 v1

Abstract

I derive the expressions for the CP-violating asymmetry arising from interference between mixed and direct decays in the Upsilon(4S) system, for the case in which only one of the B decay times is observed, integrating over the decay time of the other B. I observe that neither the difference of the decay times Delta t, nor even their time-ordering, need be detected. A technique for measurement of the CP-violating weak decay parameter sin(2beta) is described which exploits this observation.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9907277,
  title  = {Measurement of CP Violation at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ without Time Ordering or $\Delta t$},
  author = {A. Foland},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9907277},
  year   = {2009}
}

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