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Title: Measurement of branching fraction and first evidence of CP violation in B⁰→a₁±(1260)π decays

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We present a measurement of the branching fraction and time-dependent CP violation parameters in B⁰→a±₁(1260)π decays. The results are obtained from the final data sample containing 772×10⁶ BB¯¯¯ pairs collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e⁺e⁻ collider. We obtain the product branching fraction B(B⁰→a±₁(1260)π)×B(a±₁(1260)→π±ππ±)=(11.1±1.0(stat)±1.4(syst))×10⁻⁶ and an upper limit on the product branching fraction for a possible decay with the same final state B(B⁰→a±₂(1320)π)×B(a±₂(1320)→π±ππ±)<2.2×10⁻⁶at 90% CL. In a time-dependent measurement to extract CP asymmetries, we obtain the CP violation parameters ACP=–0.06±0.05(stat)±0.07(syst), CCP=–0.01±0.11(stat)±0.09(syst), SCP=–0.51±0.14(stat)±0.08(syst), representing time- and flavor-integrated direct, flavor-dependent direct and mixing-induced CP violation, respectively. Simultaneously, we also extract the CP-conserving parameters ΔC=+0.54±0.11(stat)±0.07(syst), ΔS=–0.09±0.14(stat)±0.06(syst), which, respectively, describe a rate difference and strong phase difference between the decay channels where the a±₁ does not contain the spectator quark and those where it does. We find first evidence of mixing-induced CP violation in B⁰→a±₁(1260)π decays with 3.1σ significance. The rate where the a±₁ does not contain the spectator quark from the B meson is found to dominate the rate where it does at the 4.1σ level. However, there is no evidence for either time- and flavor-integrated direct CP violation or flavor-dependent direct CP violation.

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1101822
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Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
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Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology Journal Volume: 86 Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1550-7998
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American Physical Society
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United States
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English

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Dalseno, J., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Asner, D. M., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., Bakich, A. M., Bay, A., Belous, K., Bhuyan, B., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Brovchenko, O., Browder, T. E., Chekelian, V., Chen, A., Chen, P., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Chistov, R., Cho, I.-S., Cho, K., Choi, Y., Doležal, Z., Drásal, Z., Eidelman, S., Fast, J. E., Gaur, V., Gabyshev, N., Garmash, A., Goh, Y. M., Hayashii, H., Horii, Y., Hoshi, Y., Hou, W.-S., Hsiung, Y. B., Hyun, H. J., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Ishikawa, A., Itoh, R., Iwabuchi, M., Iwasaki, Y., Iwashita, T., Julius, T., Kang, J. H., Kiesling, C., Kim, H. O., Kim, J. B., Kim, Y. J., Kinoshita, K., Ko, B. R., Koblitz, S., Kodyš, P., Korpar, S., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kronenbitter, B., Kuhr, T., Kumita, T., Kwon, Y.-J., Lee, S.-H., Li, J., Libby, J., Liu, C., Liu, Z. Q., Louvot, R., MacNaughton, J., Matvienko, D., McOnie, S., Miyabayashi, K., Miyata, H., Miyazaki, Y., Mohanty, G. B., Mohapatra, D., Moll, A., Muramatsu, N., Nakao, M., Natkaniec, Z., Nedelkovska, E., Ng, C., Nishida, S., Nishimura, K., Nitoh, O., Ogawa, S., Ohshima, T., Okuno, S., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Park, C. W., Park, H. K., Pedlar, T. K., Pestotnik, R., Petrič, M., Piilonen, L. E., Prim, M., Prothmann, K., Ritter, M., Röhrken, M., Sahoo, H., Sakai, Y., Sanuki, T., Schneider, O., Schwanda, C., Schwartz, A. J., Senyo, K., Seon, O., Sevior, M. E., Shapkin, M., Shebalin, V., Shen, C. P., Shibata, T.-A., Shiu, J.-G., Sibidanov, A., Simon, F., Smerkol, P., Sohn, Y.-S., Solovieva, E., Starič, M., Sumihama, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Tatishvili, G., Teramoto, Y., Trabelsi, K., Uchida, M., Uehara, S., Unno, Y., Uno, S., Urquijo, P., Usov, Y., Vanhoefer, P., Varner, G., Wang, C. H., Wang, P., Watanabe, M., Watanabe, Y., Williams, K. M., Won, E., Yabsley, B. D., Yamashita, Y., Zhang, Z. P., Zhilich, V., Zhulanov, V., and Zupanc, A. Measurement of branching fraction and first evidence of CP violation in B⁰→a₁±(1260)π∓ decays. United States: N. p., 2012. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.86.092012.
Dalseno, J., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Asner, D. M., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., Bakich, A. M., Bay, A., Belous, K., Bhuyan, B., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Brovchenko, O., Browder, T. E., Chekelian, V., Chen, A., Chen, P., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Chistov, R., Cho, I.-S., Cho, K., Choi, Y., Doležal, Z., Drásal, Z., Eidelman, S., Fast, J. E., Gaur, V., Gabyshev, N., Garmash, A., Goh, Y. M., Hayashii, H., Horii, Y., Hoshi, Y., Hou, W.-S., Hsiung, Y. B., Hyun, H. J., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Ishikawa, A., Itoh, R., Iwabuchi, M., Iwasaki, Y., Iwashita, T., Julius, T., Kang, J. H., Kiesling, C., Kim, H. O., Kim, J. B., Kim, Y. J., Kinoshita, K., Ko, B. R., Koblitz, S., Kodyš, P., Korpar, S., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kronenbitter, B., Kuhr, T., Kumita, T., Kwon, Y.-J., Lee, S.-H., Li, J., Libby, J., Liu, C., Liu, Z. Q., Louvot, R., MacNaughton, J., Matvienko, D., McOnie, S., Miyabayashi, K., Miyata, H., Miyazaki, Y., Mohanty, G. B., Mohapatra, D., Moll, A., Muramatsu, N., Nakao, M., Natkaniec, Z., Nedelkovska, E., Ng, C., Nishida, S., Nishimura, K., Nitoh, O., Ogawa, S., Ohshima, T., Okuno, S., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Park, C. W., Park, H. K., Pedlar, T. K., Pestotnik, R., Petrič, M., Piilonen, L. E., Prim, M., Prothmann, K., Ritter, M., Röhrken, M., Sahoo, H., Sakai, Y., Sanuki, T., Schneider, O., Schwanda, C., Schwartz, A. J., Senyo, K., Seon, O., Sevior, M. E., Shapkin, M., Shebalin, V., Shen, C. P., Shibata, T.-A., Shiu, J.-G., Sibidanov, A., Simon, F., Smerkol, P., Sohn, Y.-S., Solovieva, E., Starič, M., Sumihama, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Tatishvili, G., Teramoto, Y., Trabelsi, K., Uchida, M., Uehara, S., Unno, Y., Uno, S., Urquijo, P., Usov, Y., Vanhoefer, P., Varner, G., Wang, C. H., Wang, P., Watanabe, M., Watanabe, Y., Williams, K. M., Won, E., Yabsley, B. D., Yamashita, Y., Zhang, Z. P., Zhilich, V., Zhulanov, V., & Zupanc, A. Measurement of branching fraction and first evidence of CP violation in B⁰→a₁±(1260)π∓ decays. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.092012
Dalseno, J., Adachi, I., Aihara, H., Asner, D. M., Aulchenko, V., Aushev, T., Bakich, A. M., Bay, A., Belous, K., Bhuyan, B., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Brovchenko, O., Browder, T. E., Chekelian, V., Chen, A., Chen, P., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Chistov, R., Cho, I.-S., Cho, K., Choi, Y., Doležal, Z., Drásal, Z., Eidelman, S., Fast, J. E., Gaur, V., Gabyshev, N., Garmash, A., Goh, Y. M., Hayashii, H., Horii, Y., Hoshi, Y., Hou, W.-S., Hsiung, Y. B., Hyun, H. J., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Ishikawa, A., Itoh, R., Iwabuchi, M., Iwasaki, Y., Iwashita, T., Julius, T., Kang, J. H., Kiesling, C., Kim, H. O., Kim, J. B., Kim, Y. J., Kinoshita, K., Ko, B. R., Koblitz, S., Kodyš, P., Korpar, S., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kronenbitter, B., Kuhr, T., Kumita, T., Kwon, Y.-J., Lee, S.-H., Li, J., Libby, J., Liu, C., Liu, Z. Q., Louvot, R., MacNaughton, J., Matvienko, D., McOnie, S., Miyabayashi, K., Miyata, H., Miyazaki, Y., Mohanty, G. B., Mohapatra, D., Moll, A., Muramatsu, N., Nakao, M., Natkaniec, Z., Nedelkovska, E., Ng, C., Nishida, S., Nishimura, K., Nitoh, O., Ogawa, S., Ohshima, T., Okuno, S., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Park, C. W., Park, H. K., Pedlar, T. K., Pestotnik, R., Petrič, M., Piilonen, L. E., Prim, M., Prothmann, K., Ritter, M., Röhrken, M., Sahoo, H., Sakai, Y., Sanuki, T., Schneider, O., Schwanda, C., Schwartz, A. J., Senyo, K., Seon, O., Sevior, M. E., Shapkin, M., Shebalin, V., Shen, C. P., Shibata, T.-A., Shiu, J.-G., Sibidanov, A., Simon, F., Smerkol, P., Sohn, Y.-S., Solovieva, E., Starič, M., Sumihama, M., Sumiyoshi, T., Tatishvili, G., Teramoto, Y., Trabelsi, K., Uchida, M., Uehara, S., Unno, Y., Uno, S., Urquijo, P., Usov, Y., Vanhoefer, P., Varner, G., Wang, C. H., Wang, P., Watanabe, M., Watanabe, Y., Williams, K. M., Won, E., Yabsley, B. D., Yamashita, Y., Zhang, Z. P., Zhilich, V., Zhulanov, V., and Zupanc, A. Mon . "Measurement of branching fraction and first evidence of CP violation in B⁰→a₁±(1260)π∓ decays". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.092012.
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abstractNote = {We present a measurement of the branching fraction and time-dependent CP violation parameters in B⁰→a±₁(1260)π∓ decays. The results are obtained from the final data sample containing 772×10⁶ BB¯¯¯ pairs collected at the Υ(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e⁺e⁻ collider. We obtain the product branching fraction B(B⁰→a±₁(1260)π∓)×B(a±₁(1260)→π±π∓π±)=(11.1±1.0(stat)±1.4(syst))×10⁻⁶ and an upper limit on the product branching fraction for a possible decay with the same final state B(B⁰→a±₂(1320)π∓)×B(a±₂(1320)→π±π∓π±)<2.2×10⁻⁶at 90% CL. In a time-dependent measurement to extract CP asymmetries, we obtain the CP violation parameters ACP=–0.06±0.05(stat)±0.07(syst), CCP=–0.01±0.11(stat)±0.09(syst), SCP=–0.51±0.14(stat)±0.08(syst), representing time- and flavor-integrated direct, flavor-dependent direct and mixing-induced CP violation, respectively. Simultaneously, we also extract the CP-conserving parameters ΔC=+0.54±0.11(stat)±0.07(syst), ΔS=–0.09±0.14(stat)±0.06(syst), which, respectively, describe a rate difference and strong phase difference between the decay channels where the a±₁ does not contain the spectator quark and those where it does. We find first evidence of mixing-induced CP violation in B⁰→a±₁(1260)π∓ decays with 3.1σ significance. The rate where the a±₁ does not contain the spectator quark from the B meson is found to dominate the rate where it does at the 4.1σ level. However, there is no evidence for either time- and flavor-integrated direct CP violation or flavor-dependent direct CP violation.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.86.092012},
journal = {Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology},
number = 9,
volume = 86,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2012},
month = {Mon Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2012}
}

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