Observation of Photon Polarization in the b -> s gamma Transition

R. Aaij; B. Adeva; M. Adinolfi; A. Affolder; Z. Ajaltouni; J. Albrecht; F. Alessio; M. Alexander; S. Ali; G. Alkhazov; P. Alvarez Cartelle; A. A. Alves; S. Amato; S. Amerio; Y. Amhis; L. Anderlini; J. Anderson; R. Andreassen; M. Andreotti; J. E. Andrews; R. B. Appleby; O. Aquines Gutierrez; F. Archilli; A. Artamonov; M. Artuso; E. Aslanides; G. Auriemma; M. Baalouch; S. Bachmann; J. J. Back; A. Badalov; V. Balagura; W. Baldini; R. J. Barlow; C. Barschel; S. Barsuk; W. Barter; V. Batozskaya; T. Bauer; A. Bay; J. Beddow; F. Bedeschi; I. Bediaga; S. Belogurov; K. Belous; I. Belyaev; E. Ben-Haim; G. Bencivenni; G. Onderwater; A. Pellegrino; LHCb Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.161801

Observation of Photon Polarization in the b -> s gamma Transition

R. Aaij
, B. Adeva
, M. Adinolfi
, A. Affolder
, Z. Ajaltouni
, J. Albrecht
, F. Alessio
, M. Alexander
, S. Ali
, G. Alkhazov
, P. Alvarez Cartelle
, A. A. Alves
, S. Amato
, S. Amerio
, Y. Amhis
, L. Anderlini
, J. Anderson
, R. Andreassen
, M. Andreotti
, J. E. Andrews

R. B. Appleby, O. Aquines Gutierrez, F. Archilli, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, G. Auriemma, M. Baalouch, S. Bachmann, J. J. Back, A. Badalov, V. Balagura, W. Baldini, R. J. Barlow, C. Barschel, S. Barsuk, W. Barter, V. Batozskaya, T. Bauer, A. Bay, J. Beddow, F. Bedeschi, I. Bediaga, S. Belogurov, K. Belous, I. Belyaev, E. Ben-Haim, G. Bencivenni, G. Onderwater, A. Pellegrino, LHCb Collaboration

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This Letter presents a study of the flavor-changing neutral current radiative B-+/- -> K-+/-pi(-/+)pi(+/-)gamma decays performed using data collected in proton-proton collisions with the LHCb detector at 7 and 8 TeV center-of-mass energies. In this sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb(-1), nearly 14 000 signal events are reconstructed and selected, containing all possible intermediate resonances with a K-+/-pi(-/+)pi(+/-) final state in the [1.1, 1.9] GeV/c(2) mass range. The distribution of the angle of the photon direction with respect to the plane defined by the final-state hadrons in their rest frame is studied in intervals of K-+/-pi(-/+)pi(+/-) mass and the asymmetry between the number of signal events found on each side of the plane is obtained. The first direct observation of the photon polarization in the b -> s(gamma) transition is reported with a significance of 5.2 sigma.

Original language	English
Article number	161801
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	112
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.161801
Publication status	Published - 22-Apr-2014

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LEFT-RIGHT SYMMETRY
NEUTRINO MASSES
PARITY
VIOLATION
DECAY
MODEL
TOOL

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Aaij, R., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Affolder, A., Ajaltouni, Z., Albrecht, J., Alessio, F., Alexander, M., Ali, S., Alkhazov, G., Alvarez Cartelle, P., Alves, A. A., Amato, S., Amerio, S., Amhis, Y., Anderlini, L., Anderson, J., Andreassen, R., Andreotti, M., ... LHCb Collaboration (2014). Observation of Photon Polarization in the b -> s gamma Transition. Physical Review Letters, 112(16), Article 161801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.161801

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Observation of Photon Polarization in the b -> s gamma Transition

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