Measurement of CP-Violating Asymmetries in the B0->K+K-Ks Dalitz Plot

TL;DR

This paper reports a measurement of CP-violation parameters in B0->K+K-Ks decays using Dalitz plot analysis of a large dataset, providing insights into CP asymmetries in these decays.

Contribution

The study presents the first detailed Dalitz plot analysis of CP violation in B0->K+K-Ks decays, measuring effective beta and CP asymmetries across different intermediate states.

Findings

Measured beta_eff = 0.44 +/- 0.07 +/- 0.02 for the whole Dalitz plot.

Found CP asymmetry A_CP = 0.03 +/- 0.07 +/- 0.02 in the full decay.

Observed variations in CP parameters for specific intermediate states like phiKs and f0Ks.

Abstract

We present a preliminary measurement of CP-violation parameters in the decay B0->K+K-Ks, using approximately 465 million BBbar events collected by the BABAR detector at SLAC. Reconstructing the neutral kaon as Ks->pi+pi- or Ks->pi0pi0, we analyze the Dalitz plot distribution and measure fractions to intermediate states. We extract CP parameters from the asymmetries in amplitudes and phases between B0 and B0bar decays across the Dalitz plot. From a fit to the whole Dalitz plot, we measure beta_eff = 0.44 +/- 0.07 +/- 0.02, A_CP = 0.03 +/- 0.07 +/- 0.02, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second ones are systematic. For decays to phiKs, we measure beta_eff = 0.13 +/- 0.13 +/- 0.02, A_CP = 0.14 +/- 0.19 +/- 0.02. For decays to f0Ks, we measure beta_eff = 0.15 +/- 0.13 +/- 0.03, A_CP = 0.01 +/- 0.26 +/- 0.07. From a fit to the region of the Dalitz plot with m_{K+K-}>1.1 GeV/c^2, we measure beta_eff = 0.52 +/- 0.08 +/- 0.03, A_CP = 0.05 +/- 0.09 +/- 0.04.