Results and prospects for Charm Physics at LHCb

TL;DR

This paper reports on LHCb's charm physics measurements, including D0-D0bar mixing and CP violation searches, with initial results showing no significant CP violation and providing constraints on new physics.

Contribution

It presents the first CP violation measurements in charm sector at LHCb, using early data to set limits and improve understanding of charm interactions.

Findings

No indication of CP violation in D+ decays

Measured proper time asymmetry with large uncertainties

Set constraints on CP asymmetry differences

Abstract

Precision measurements in charm physics offer a window into a unique sector of potential New Physics interactions. LHCb is well equipped to take advantage of the enormous production cross-section of charm mesons in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV. The measurement of the $D^0 -\bar{D}^0$ mixing parameters and the search for CP-violation in the charm sector are key physics goals of the LHCb programme. The first CP violation measurements in the charm sector, with 37 pb$^{-1}$ of data collected in 2010, are discussed. The study of $D^+ \rightarrow K^- K^+ \pi^+$ decays shows no indication of CP violation. The measurement of the proper time asymmetry in the time dependent analysis of $D^0\rightarrow K^-K^+$ and $\bar{D}^0\rightarrow K^-K^+$ is evaluated to be $A_{\Gamma}=(-5.9 \pm 5.9_{stat} \pm 2.1_{syst})$. The difference of CP asymmetry in the time integrated rates of $D^0\rightarrow K^-K^+$ and $D^0\rightarrow \pi^- \pi^+$ decays is measured to be $(-0.28 \pm 0.70_{stat} \pm 0.25_{syst})%$.