Date of Award
May 2014
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Physics
Advisor(s)
Steven R. Blusk
Keywords
B decays, CP Violation, Flavor Physics, LHC, LHCb, Particle Physics
Subject Categories
Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Abstract
The analysis of the 3 fb^-1 data set collected by the LHCb experiment in 2011 and 2012 located at the LHC, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland is presented.
The data set is comprised of one third taken at center of mass energy sqrt(s) = 7 TeV and the remaining two thirds taken at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV.
The data is analyzed for the decays B- → D0 K- π+ π- and B- → D0 π- π+ π-$,
with the D0 &rarr K+π-, K+K-, π-π+ or K-π+.
The CP violation sensitive observables R_(CP+), A_(CP+), and R_(d,s)^± are measured, which
are sensitive to the CKM Angle gamma.
Upper limits are reported for the values of R_s^± since the doubly Cabibbo suppressed decay B- → D0 K- π+ π- with D0 → K+π- is not observed.
Access
Open Access
Recommended Citation
Garofoli, Justin, "Measurement of CP Observables in B- -> D0 K- pi+ pi- Decays" (2014). Dissertations - ALL. 100.
https://surface.syr.edu/etd/100
