Study of the decay B0(B0bar)-->rho+rho-, and constraints on the CKM angle alpha

TL;DR

This study measures the decay rate and polarization of B0 to rho+ rho- decays, providing data to constrain the CKM angle alpha, using a large dataset from the BaBar experiment.

Contribution

It provides the first precise measurements of branching fraction, polarization, and CP asymmetries for B0 to rho+ rho- decays, constraining the CKM angle alpha.

Findings

Branching fraction: (30 ± 4 (stat) ± 5 (syst)) x 10^{-6}

Longitudinal polarization fraction: 0.99 ± 0.03 (stat) +0.04/-0.03 (syst)

CP asymmetry parameters: C_L = -0.17 ± 0.27 (stat) ± 0.14 (syst), S_L = -0.42 ± 0.42 (stat) ± 0.14 (syst)

Abstract

Using a data sample of 89 million Y(4s)-->B0B0bar decays collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric B Factory at SLAC, we measure the B0(B0bar)-->rho+rho- branching fraction as $(30\pm 4 stat \pm 5 syst) \times 10^{-6}$ and a longitudinal polarization fraction of $f_L = 0.99 \pm 0.03 stat ^{+0.04}_{-0.03} syst$. We measure the time-dependent-asymmetry parameters of the longitudinally polarized component of this decay as $C_L = -0.17\pm 0.27 stat \pm 0.14 syst$ and ${S_L} = -0.42 \pm 0.42 stat \pm 0.14 syst$. We present constraints on the CKM angle $\alpha$.