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Phys. Rev. D 61, 072005 (2000) [16 pages]

Measurement of sin2β from BJ/ψKS0 with the CDF detector

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T. Affolder et al. (CDF Collaboration)
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Received 8 September 1999; published 9 March 2000

This paper reports an updated measurement of the standard model CP violation parameter sin2β using the CDF Detector at Fermilab. The entire run I data sample of 110pb-1 of proton-antiproton collisions at s=1.8TeV is used to identify a signal sample of 400BJ/ψKS0 events, where J/ψμ+μ- and KS0π+π-. The flavor of the neutral B meson is identified at the time of production by combining information from three tagging algorithms: a same-side tag, a jet-charge tag, and a soft-lepton tag. A maximum likelihood fitting method is used to determine sin2β=0.79-0.44+0.41(stat+syst). This value of sin2β is consistent with the standard model prediction, based upon existing measurements, of a large positive CP-violating asymmetry in this decay mode.

© 2000 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.61.072005
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.61.072005
PACS:
12.15.Hh, 13.20.He, 14.40.Nd