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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Branching Fractions andCPAsymmetries inB0→π0π0,B+→π+π0, andB+→K+π0Decays and Isospin Analysis of theB→ππSystem

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TaylorA. M. LutzJ. OlsenM. T. GrahamB. T. MeadowsG. RavenJ. I. YiM. D. SokoloffC. M. BrownP. R. BurchatM. Pelizaeus

subject

PhysicsParticle physicsBranching fraction010308 nuclear & particles physicsElectron–positron annihilationAnalytical chemistryGeneral Physics and AstronomyBranching (polymer chemistry)01 natural sciencesNuclear physicsIsospin0103 physical sciencesCP violation010306 general physics

description

We measure the branching fractions and CP asymmetries in the decays B0-->K(+)K(-)K(0)(S) and B+-->K(+)K(0)(S)K(0)(S) using a sample of approximately 122x10(6) BB pairs collected by the BABAR detector. From a time-dependent analysis of the K(+)K(-)K(0)(S) sample that excludes phiK(0)(S), the values of the CP-violation parameters are S=-0.56+/-0.25+/-0.04 and C=-0.10+/-0.19+/-0.10, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. We confirm that the final state is nearly purely CP even and extract the standard model parameter sin(2beta=0.57+/-0.26+/-0.04(+0.17)(-0) where the last error is due to uncertainty on the CP content. We present the first measurement of the CP-violating charge asymmetry A(CP)(B+-->K(+)K(0)(S)K(0)(S))=-0.04+/-0.11+/-0.02. The branching fractions are B(B0-->K+K-K0)=(23.8+/-2.0+/-1.6)x10(-6) and B(B+-->K(+)K(0)(S)K(0)(S))=(10.7+/-1.2+/-1.0)x10(-6).

https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.94.181802