Charm System Tests of CPT and Lorentz Invariance with FOCUS

TL;DR

This paper reports a search for CPT and Lorentz invariance violation in neutral charm meson oscillations, setting limits on related parameters using data from the FOCUS experiment.

Contribution

First experimental limits on CPT and Lorentz violation parameters in charm meson oscillations within the Standard Model Extension framework.

Findings

95% CL limits on CPT violating parameters in charm oscillations.

Constraints on Lorentz violation coefficients at the level of 10^{-16} GeV.

No evidence found for CPT or Lorentz invariance violation.

Abstract

We have performed a search for CPT violation in neutral charm meson oscillations. While flavor mixing in the charm sector is predicted to be small by the Standard Model, it is still possible to investigate CPT violation through a study of the proper time dependence of a CPT asymmetry in right-sign decay rates for $D^0\to K^-\pi^+$ and $\d0b\to K^+\pi^-$. This asymmetry is related to the CPT violating complex parameter $\xi$ and the mixing parameters $x$ and $y$: $A_{CPT}\propto{\rm Re} \xi y-{\rm Im} \xi x$ . Our 95% confidence level limit is $-0.0068<{\rm Re} \xi y-{\rm Im} \xi x<0.0234$. Within the framework of the Standard Model Extension incorporating general CPT violation, we also find 95% confidence level limits for the expressions involving coefficients of Lorentz violation of $(-2.8<N(x,y,\delta)(\Delta a_0 + 0.6 \Delta a_Z)<4.8)\times 10^{-16}$ GeV, $(-7.0<N(x,y,\delta)\Delta a_X<3.8)\times 10^{-16}$ GeV, and $(-7.0<N(x,y,\delta)\Delta a_Y<3.8)\times 10^{-16}$ GeV, where $N(x,y,\delta)$ is the factor which incorporates mixing parameters $x$, $y$ and the doubly Cabibbo suppressed to Cabibbo favored relative strong phase $\delta$.