Title

S-waves and the Extraction of Beta_s

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Sheldon Stone, Syracuse University. Department of Physics

Document Type

Presentation

Date

2010

Keywords

High Energy Physics, Phenomenology

Language

English

Disciplines

Physics

Description/Abstract

The CP Violating asymmetry in Bs mixing (beta_s) is one of the most promising measurements where physics beyond the Standard Model could be revealed. As such, analyses need to be subjected to great scrutiny. The mode Bs -> J/psi\phi has been used, and the mode Bs -> \phi \phi proposed for future measurements. These modes both have two vector particles in the final state and thus angular analyses must be used to disentangle the contributions from CP+ and CP- configurations. The angular distributions, however, could be distorted by the presence of S-waves masquerading as low mass K+K- pairs, that could result in erroneous values of beta_s. The S-waves could well be the result of a final state formed from an s-quark anti-s-quark pair in a 0+ spin-parity state, such as the f0(980) meson. Data driven and theoretical estimates of the Bs decay rate into the CP+ final state J/psi f0(980) are given, when f0 -> pi+pi-. The S-wave contribution in J\psi\phi should be taken into account when determining beta_s by including a K+K- S-wave amplitude in the fit. This may change the central value of current results and will also increase the statistical uncertainty. Importantly, the J/psi f0(980) mode has been suggested as an alternative channel for measuring beta_s.

Additional Information

Invited talk presented at Flavor Physics and CP Violation 2010, May 2010, Torino, Italy; to appear in proceedings. 6 pages 4 figures

Recommended Citation

Stone, Sheldon, "S-waves and the Extraction of Beta_s" (2010). Physics - All Scholarship. 22.
https://surface.syr.edu/phy/22

Source

Metadata from ArXiv.org

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