Measurement of Time-dependent CP-violating Asymmetries in B0 -> K*0 gamma (K*0 -> K0_S pi0) Decays

TL;DR

This paper reports a measurement of time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries in B0 decays to K*0 gamma, using data from the BaBar detector, providing insights into CP violation in the B meson system.

Contribution

First measurement of CP-violating asymmetries in B0 -> K*0 gamma decays using a large data sample from BaBar.

Findings

Measured S_{K^{*0}} = 0.25 ± 0.63 ± 0.14

Measured S_{K^{*0}} = -0.57 ± 0.32 ± 0.09

Results are consistent with Standard Model predictions

Abstract

We present a measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating asymmetries in $B^0 \to K^{*0}\gamma (K^{*0}\to K_S^0 \pi^0)$ decays based on 124 million $\Upsilon(4S)\to B^0\bar{B}^0$ decays collected with the BaBar detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy $B$ Factory at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. In a sample containing $105\pm 14$ signal decays, we measure $S_{K^{*0}} = 0.25 \pm 0.63 \pm 0.14$ and $S_{K^{*0}} = -0.57 \pm 0.32 \pm 0.09$, where the first error is statistical and the second systematic.