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Time-dependent and time-integrated angular analysis of $B\to\phi K^0_S\pi^0$ and $\phi K^\pm\pi^\mp$

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2010-04-12 v2

Abstract

We perform a time-dependent and time-integrated angular analysis of the decays B0ϕK(892)0B^0\to\phi K^{*}(892)^0, ϕK2(1430)0\phi K^{*}_2(1430)^0, and ϕ(Kπ)00\phi(K\pi)^{*0}_{0} with the final sample of about 465 million \BB\BB pairs recorded with the \babar\babar detector. Twenty-four parameters are investigated, including the branching fractions, CP-violation parameters, and parameters sensitive to final-state interactions. We use the dependence on the KπK\pi invariant mass of the interference between the scalar and vector or tensor components to resolve discrete ambiguities of the strong and weak phases. We use the time-evolution of the BϕKS0π0B\to\phi K^0_S\pi^0 channel to extract the CP-violation phase difference Δϕ00=0.28±0.42±0.04\Delta\phi_{00}=0.28\pm0.42\pm 0.04 between the BB and \Bbar\Bbar decay amplitudes. When the BϕK±πB\to\phi K^\pm\pi^\mp channel is included, the fractions of longitudinal polarization fL{f_L} of the vector-vector and vector-tensor decay modes are measured to be 0.494±0.034±0.0130.494\pm0.034\pm0.013 and 0.9010.058+0.046±0.0370.901^{+0.046}_{-0.058}\pm 0.037, respectively. This polarization pattern requires the presence of a positive-helicity amplitude in the vector-vector decay from a currently unknown source.

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@article{arxiv.0808.3586,
  title  = {Time-dependent and time-integrated angular analysis of $B\to\phi K^0_S\pi^0$ and $\phi K^\pm\pi^\mp$},
  author = {The BABAR Collaboration and B. Aubert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.3586},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

30 pages, 15 figures, to appear in PRD

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