Branching Fractions and CP-Violating Asymmetries in Radiative B Decays to eta K gamma

TL;DR

This paper reports measurements of CP-violation parameters, branching fractions, and charge asymmetry in radiative B meson decays involving eta and K mesons, using data from the BaBar detector.

Contribution

First measurement of CP-violation parameters and branching fractions in B -> eta K gamma decays with detailed analysis of asymmetries.

Findings

Measured CP-violation parameters S and C with large uncertainties.

Determined branching fractions for B0 and B+ decays to eta K gamma.

Found no significant CP violation or charge asymmetry within uncertainties.

Abstract

We present measurements of the CP-violation parameters S and C for the radiative decay B0 -> eta K0s gamma; for B -> eta K gamma we also measure the branching fractions and for B+ -> eta K+ gamma the time-integrated charge asymmetry Ach. The data, collected with the BaBar detector at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, represent $465 \times 10^6$ BBbar pairs produced in $e^{+} e^{-}$ annihilation. The results are $S = -0.18^{+0.49}_{-0.46} \pm 0.12$, $C = -0.32^{+0.40}_{-0.39} \pm 0.07$, BF(B0 -> eta K0 gamma) = $(7.1^{+2.1}_{-2.0} \pm 0.4) \times 10^{-6}$, BF(B+ -> eta K+ gamma) = $(7.7+-1.0 \pm 0.4) \times 10^{-6}$, and Ach = $(-9.0^{+10.4}_{-9.8} \pm 1.4) \times 10^{-2}$. The first error quoted is statistical and the second systematic.