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Doubly charmed B decays with the LHCb experiment


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Thesis

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Authors

Tully, Alison Maria  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8712-9055

Abstract

CP violation is a necessary ingredient to create a matter-antimatter asymmetry. However, the amount of CP violation incorporated in the Standard Model is orders of magnitude too small to explain the observed asymmetry. This thesis documents two studies of CP violation with doubly charmed B decays. Both were performed using Run I data collected by the LHCb experiment in pp collisions at the LHC. This corresponds to 1.0 fb−1 collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV and 2.0 fb−1 collected at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV.

The first analysis is a search for Bc+ decays to two charm mesons, Bc+→D(s)(∗)+D(∗), where the second charm meson is either D0 or D0, which are sensitive to the CKM angle \gamma. No evidence for signal is found and limits are set on twelve decay modes. The second analysis is the measurement of the CP asymmetry in B+→D(s)+D0 decays. The results are \begin{align*} \mathcal{A}^{CP}(B^+\to D^+_{s} \overline{D}{}^0) &= (-0.4\pm 0.5\pm 0.5)%,\ \mathcal{A}^{CP}(B^+\to D^+ \overline{D}{}^0) &= (+2.3\pm 2.7\pm 0.4)%, \end{align*} where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. This is the first measurement of ACP(B+→Ds+D0) and the most precise measurement of ACP(B+→D+D0) to date. The results are consistent with CP symmetry.

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Date

2019-06-14

Advisors

Gibson, Valerie

Keywords

LHCb, LHC, CP violation, CKM angle gamma, B physics, CERN, CP asymmetry

Qualification

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Awarding Institution

University of Cambridge
Sponsorship
Funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).

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