Update of the LHCb combination of the CKM angle γ\gamma

Collaboration
May 21, 2018
29 pages
Report number:
  • LHCb-CONF-2018-002,
  • CERN-LHCb-CONF-2018-002
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Abstract:
A combination of tree-level measurements of the CKM angle γ\gamma at LHCb is performed. The results are obtained from time-integrated measurements of B+DK+B^{+}\to D K^{+}, B+DK+B^{+}\to D^{*}K^{+}, B+DK+B^{+}\to DK^{*+}, B0DK0B^{0}\to D K^{*0}, B0DK+πB^{0}\to D K^{+}\pi^{-} and B+DK+π+πB^{+}\to DK^{+}\pi^{+}\pi^{-} decays and time-dependent analyses of Bs0DsK±B_{s}^{0}\to D_{s}^{\mp}K^{\pm} and B0Dπ±B^{0}\to D^{\mp}\pi^{\pm} decays. This combination includes new and updated results compared to the previous LHCb combination, giving a best fit value of γ=74.0\gamma = 74.0^\circ with confidence intervals, set using a frequentist procedure, of γ[68.2,79.0]\gamma \in [68.2,79.0]^\circ at 68.3 % confidence level (CL) and γ[61.6,83.7]\gamma \in [61.6,83.7]^\circ at 95.5 % CL, where all values are modulo 180180^\circ. This gives the result \begin{align*} \gamma = (74.0^{+5.0}_{-5.8})^\circ\,, \end{align*} where the uncertainty includes both statistical and systematic contributions.
Note:
  • Preliminary results
  • LHCb
  • p p: scattering
  • p p: colliding beams
  • B+: hadronic decay
  • B0: hadronic decay
  • B/s0: hadronic decay
  • LHC-B
  • CERN LHC Coll
  • CKM matrix
  • tree approximation