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Measurement
of
the
D
→
K
−
π
+
strong
phase
difference
in
ψ (
3770
)
→
D
0
D
0
BESIII
Collaboration
M. Ablikim
a,
M.N. Achasov
h,
1,
X.C. Ai
a,
O. Albayrak
d,
M. Albrecht
c,
D.J. Ambrose
ar,
F.F. An
a,
Q. An
as,
J.Z. Bai
a,
R. Baldini Ferroli
s,
Y. Ban
ac,
D.W. Bennett
r,
J.V. Bennett
r,
M. Bertani
s,
J.M. Bian
aq,
E. Boger
v,
5,
O. Bondarenko
w,
I. Boyko
v,
S. Braun
an,
R.A. Briere
d,
H. Cai
az,
X. Cai
a,
O. Cakir
ak,
A. Calcaterra
s,
G.F. Cao
a,
S.A. Cetin
al,
J.F. Chang
a,
G. Chelkov
v,
2,
G. Chen
a,
H.S. Chen
a,
J.C. Chen
a,
M.L. Chen
a,
S.J. Chen
aa,
X. Chen
a,
X.R. Chen
x,
Y.B. Chen
a,
H.P. Cheng
p,
X.K. Chu
ac,
Y.P. Chu
a,
D. Cronin-Hennessy
aq,
H.L. Dai
a,
J.P. Dai
a,
D. Dedovich
v,
Z.Y. Deng
a,
A. Denig
u,
I. Denysenko
v,
M. Destefanis
av,
ax,
W.M. Ding
ae,
Y. Ding
y,
C. Dong
ab,
J. Dong
a,
L.Y. Dong
a,
M.Y. Dong
a,
S.X. Du
bb,
J.Z. Fan
aj,
J. Fang
a,
S.S. Fang
a,
Y. Fang
a,
L. Fava
aw,
ax,
C.Q. Feng
as,
C.D. Fu
a,
O. Fuks
v,
5,
Q. Gao
a,
Y. Gao
aj,
C. Geng
as,
K. Goetzen
i,
W.X. Gong
a,
W. Gradl
u,
M. Greco
av,
ax,
M.H. Gu
a,
Y.T. Gu
k,
Y.H. Guan
a,
L.B. Guo
z,
T. Guo
z,
Y.P. Guo
u,
Z. Haddadi
w,
Y.L. Han
a,
F.A. Harris
ap,
K.L. He
a,
M. He
a,
Z.Y. He
ab,
T. Held
c,
Y.K. Heng
a,
Z.L. Hou
a,
C. Hu
z,
H.M. Hu
a,
J.F. Hu
an,
T. Hu
a,
G.M. Huang
e,
G.S. Huang
as,
H.P. Huang
az,
J.S. Huang
n,
L. Huang
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X.T. Huang
ae,
Y. Huang
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T. Hussain
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C.S. Ji
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Q. Ji
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ab,
X.B. Ji
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X.L. Ji
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L.L. Jiang
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L.W. Jiang
az,
X.S. Jiang
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J.B. Jiao
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Z. Jiao
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D.P. Jin
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S. Jin
a,
T. Johansson
ay,
A. Julin
aq,
N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki
w,
X.L. Kang
a,
X.S. Kang
ab,
M. Kavatsyuk
w,
B. Kloss
u,
B. Kopf
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M. Kornicer
ap,
W. Kuehn
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A. Kupsc
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W. Lai
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J.S. Lange
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M. Lara
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P. Larin
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M. Leyhe
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C.H. Li
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ab,
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ai,
H. Liang
as,
Y.F. Liang
ag,
Y.T. Liang
an,
D.X. Lin
m,
B.J. Liu
a,
C.L. Liu
d,
C.X. Liu
a,
F.H. Liu
af,
Fang Liu
a,
Feng Liu
e,
H.B. Liu
k,
H.H. Liu
o,
H.M. Liu
a,
J. Liu
a,
J.P. Liu
az,
K. Liu
aj,
K.Y. Liu
y,
P.L. Liu
ae,
Q. Liu
ao,
S.B. Liu
as,
X. Liu
x,
Y.B. Liu
ab,
Z.A. Liu
a,
Zhiqiang Liu
a,
Zhiqing Liu
u,
H. Loehner
w,
X.C. Lou
a,
3,
G.R. Lu
n,
H.J. Lu
p,
H.L. Lu
a,
J.G. Lu
a,
Y. Lu
a,
Y.P. Lu
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C.L. Luo
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M.X. Luo
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T. Luo
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X.L. Luo
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M. Lv
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F.C. Ma
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H.L. Ma
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Q.M. Ma
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X.Y. Ma
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F.E. Maas
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M. Maggiora
av,
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Q.A. Malik
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Y.J. Mao
ac,
Z.P. Mao
a,
J.G. Messchendorp
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J. Min
a,
T.J. Min
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R.E. Mitchell
r,
X.H. Mo
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H. Moeini
w,
C. Morales Morales
m,
K. Moriya
r,
N.Yu. Muchnoi
h,
1,
H. Muramatsu
aq,
Y. Nefedov
v,
F. Nerling
m,
I.B. Nikolaev
h,
1,
Z. Ning
a,
S. Nisar
g,
X.Y. Niu
a,
S.L. Olsen
ad,
Q. Ouyang
a,
S. Pacetti
t,
M. Pelizaeus
c,
H.P. Peng
as,
K. Peters
i,
J.L. Ping
z,
R.G. Ping
a,
R. Poling
aq,
M. Qi
aa,
S. Qian
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C.F. Qiao
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L.Q. Qin
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N. Qin
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X.S. Qin
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Z.H. Qin
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K.H. Rashid
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C.F. Redmer
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M. Ripka
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G. Rong
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X.D. Ruan
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A. Sarantsev
v,
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K. Schoenning
ay,
S. Schumann
u,
W. Shan
ac,
M. Shao
as,
C.P. Shen
b,
X.Y. Shen
a,
H.Y. Sheng
a,
M.R. Shepherd
r,
W.M. Song
a,
X.Y. Song
a,
S. Spataro
av,
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B. Spruck
an,
G.X. Sun
a,
J.F. Sun
n,
S.S. Sun
a,
Y.J. Sun
as,
Y.Z. Sun
a,
Z.J. Sun
a,
Z.T. Sun
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C.J. Tang
ag,
X. Tang
a,
I. Tapan
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E.H. Thorndike
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M. Tiemens
w,
D. Toth
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M. Ullrich
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I. Uman
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a aInstituteofHighEnergyPhysics,Beijing100049,People’sRepublicofChina bBeihangUniversity,Beijing100191,People’sRepublicofChina
cBochumRuhr-University,D-44780Bochum,Germany dCarnegieMellonUniversity,Pittsburgh,PA 15213,USA
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Received18April2014
Receivedinrevisedform16May2014 Accepted23May2014
Availableonline29May2014 Editor:L.Rolandi
Keywords:
BESIII
D0–D0oscillation Strongphasedifference
We study D0D0pairs produced in e+e−collisions at √s=3.773 GeV using a data sample of 2.92 fb−1
collected with the BESIII detector. We measured the asymmetry ACP
Kπ of the branching fractions of D→
K−
π
+in CP-oddand
CP-eveneigenstates to be
(12.7 ±1.3 ±0.7)×10−2. ACPKπ can be used to extract
the strong phase difference δKπ between the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed process D0→K−
π
+and theCabibbo-favored process D0→K−
π
+. Using world-average values of external parameters, we obtain cosδKπ=1.02 ±0.11 ±0.06 ±0.01. Here, the first and second uncertainties are statistical and systematic,respectively, while the third uncertainty arises from the external parameters. This is the most precise measurement of δKπ to date.
©2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Funded by SCOAP3.
1. Introduction
Withinthe StandardModel,the short-distance contributionto
D0–D0oscillationsishighlysuppressedbytheGIMmechanism[1]
andby the magnitudeofthe CKM matrix elements [2]involved. However,longdistanceeffects,whichcannotbereliablycalculated, will also affect the size of mixing. Studies of D0–D0 oscillation provideknowledge ofthe sizeof theselong-distanceeffects and, given improved calculations, can contribute to searches for new physics[3].Inaddition,improvedconstraintsoncharmmixingare importantforstudiesofCP violation(CPV)incharmphysics.
Charmmixingisdescribedbytwodimensionlessparameters x
=
2M1−
M2Γ
1+ Γ
2y
=
Γ
1− Γ
2Γ
1+ Γ
2,
whereM1,2 and
Γ1
,2 arethemassesandwidthsofthetwomasseigenstates in the D0-D0 system. The most precise
determina-tion of the mixing parameters comes from the measurement of
the time-dependent decay rateof the wrong-sign process D0
→
K+π
−. These analyses are sensitive to y≡
ycosδ
Kπ−
xsinδ
Kπandx
≡
xcosδ
Kπ+
ysinδ
Kπ [4],whereδ
Kπ is thestrong phasedifference between the doubly Cabibbo-suppressed (DCS) ampli-tudeforD0
→
K−π
+andthecorrespondingCabibbo-favored(CF) amplitudeforD0→
K−π
+.Inparticular, K−π
+|
D0K−
π
+|
D0= −
re− iδKπ,
(1) where r=
K−π
+|
D 0K−
π
+|
D0.
Knowledge of
δ
Kπ is important for extracting x and y from xand y. In addition, a more accurate
δ
Kπ contributes topreci-siondeterminations ofthe CKM unitarity angle
φ3
6 via the ADS method[5].Usingquantum-correlated techniques,
δ
Kπ canbe accessed inthemass-thresholdproductionprocess e+e−
→
D0D0 [6].In thisprocess,D0 andD0 areinaC -oddquantum-coherentstatewhere
thetwomesonsnecessarilyhaveoppositeCP eigenvalues[3].Thus,
*
Correspondingauthor.1 AlsoattheNovosibirskStateUniversity,Novosibirsk,630090,Russia. 2 AlsoattheMoscowInstituteofPhysicsandTechnology,Moscow141700,Russia andattheFunctionalElectronicsLaboratory,TomskStateUniversity,Tomsk,634050, Russia.
3 AlsoatUniversityofTexasatDallas,Richardson,TX 75083,USA. 4 AlsoatthePNPI,Gatchina188300,Russia.
5 AlsoattheMoscowInstituteofPhysicsandTechnology,Moscow141700,Russia. 6 γisalsousedintheliterature.
thresholdproductionprovidesa uniquewaytoidentifythe CP of
oneneutralD byprobingthedecayofthepartnerD.BecauseCPV
in D decays isvery smallcomparedwiththe mixingparameters, we will assume no CPV in our analysis. In this paper, we often referto K−
π
+onlyforsimplicity,butcharge-conjugatemodesare alwaysimpliedwhenappropriate.WedenotetheasymmetryofCP-taggedD decayratestoK−
π
+as
A
CP Kπ≡
B
DS−→K−π+−
B
DS+→K−π+B
DS−→K−π++
B
DS+→K−π+,
(2)where S
+
(S−
)denotestheCP-even(CP-odd)eigenstate.To low-estorderinthemixingparameters,wehavetherelation[7,8] 2r cosδ
Kπ+
y= (
1+
RWS)
·
A
CPKπ,
(3)where RWS is the decay rate ratio of the wrong sign process D0
→
K−π
+ (includingtheDCS decayandD mixingfollowedbythe CF decay) andthe right sign process D0
→
K−π
+ (i.e., the CF decay).Here, D0 or D0 referstothestateatproduction.Using external valuesforthe parametersr, y,and RWS,we canextractδ
Kπ fromA
CP→Kπ .WeusetheD-taggingmethod[9]toobtainthebranching frac-tions
B
DS±→K−π+ asB
DS±→K−π+=
nK−π+,S± nS±·
ε
S±ε
K−π+,S±.
(4)Here, nS± and
ε
S± are yields and detection efficiencies of sin-gle tags (ST) of S±
final states, while nK−π+,S± andε
K−π+,S±are yields and efficiencies of double tags (DT) of (S
±
, K−π
+) final states, respectively. Based on an 818 pb−1 data sample collected with the CLEO-c detector at√
s=
3.
77 GeV and a morecomplexanalysistechnique,theCLEOCollaborationobtained cosδ
Kπ=
0.
81−+00..2218−+00..0705 [8]. Using a global fit method includingexternal inputs for mixing parameters, CLEO obtained cos
δ
Kπ=
1
.
15+−00..1917+−00..0008 [8].In this paper, we present a measurement of
δ
Kπ , using thequantum correlated productions of D0–D0 mesons at
√
s
=
3.
773 GeV in e+e− collisions with an integrated luminos-ityof2.92 fb−1 [10]collectedwiththeBESIIIdetector[11]. 2. TheBESIIIdetectorThe BeijingSpectrometer (BESIII) viewse+e− collisions in the double-ring collider BEPCII. BESIII is a general-purpose detec-tor[11]with93%coverageofthefullsolidangle.Fromthe interac-tionpoint(IP)totheoutside,BESIIIisequippedwithamaindrift chamber (MDC) consisting of 43 layers of drift cells, a time-of-flight(TOF)counterwithdouble-layerscintillatorinthebarrelpart andsingle-layerscintillatorintheend-cappart,anelectromagnetic
Table 1
D decaymodesusedinthisanalysis.
Type Mode Flavored K−π+,K+π− S+ K+K−,π+π−,K0 Sπ0π0,π0π0,ρ0π0 S− K0 Sπ 0 ,K0 Sη,K 0 Sω
calorimeter(EMC)composed of6240CsI(Tl)crystals,a supercon-ductingsolenoidmagnetprovidingamagneticfieldof1.0 Talong the beam direction, and a muon counter containing multi-layer resistiveplatechambersinstalled in thesteel flux-returnyoke of themagnet. TheMDCspatial resolutionisabout135 μm andthe momentumresolutionisabout0.5%forachargedtrackwith trans-versemomentumof1 GeV
/
c.Theenergyresolutionforshowersin theEMCis2.5%at1 GeV.Moredetailsofthespectrometercanbe foundinRef.[11].3. MCsimulation
MonteCarlo (MC)simulation serves to estimate the detection
efficiency and to understand background components. MC
sam-ples corresponding to about10 times theluminosity ofdata are generatedwitha geant4-based[12]softwarepackage[13],which includessimulationsofthegeometryofthespectrometer and in-teractionsofparticleswiththedetectormaterials. kkmc isusedto modelthebeamenergyspreadandtheinitial-stateradiation(ISR) inthe e+e− annihilations [14]. The inclusiveMC samplesconsist oftheproductionof D D pairswithconsiderationofquantum co-herenceforallmodesrelevanttothisanalysis,thenon-D D decays of
ψ(
3770)
, the ISR production of low massψ
states, andQED andqq continuum¯
processes. Knowndecays recordedin the Par-ticleData Group (PDG)[15] are simulated with evtgen [16] and theunknown decayswith lundcharm [17]. Thefinal-state radia-tion(FSR)offchargedtracksistakenintoaccountwiththe photos package[18].MCsamplesofD→
S±,
D→
X ( X denotesinclusive decayproducts)processesareusedtoestimatetheSTefficiencies, andMC samplesof D→
S±,
D→
Kπ
processesareusedto esti-matetheDTefficiencies.4. Dataanalysis
ThedecaymodesusedfortaggingtheCP eigenstatesarelisted in Table 1, where
π
0→
γ γ
,η
→
γ γ
, K0S
→
π
+π
− andω
→
π
+π
−π
0.Foreachmode,D candidatesarereconstructedfromallpossiblecombinationsoffinal-stateparticles,accordingtothe fol-lowingselectioncriteria.
Momenta and impact parameters of charged tracks are
mea-suredbytheMDC.Chargedtracksarerequiredtosatisfy
|
cosθ
|
<
0
.
93, whereθ
is the polar angle withrespect to the beam axis, andhave a closest approach to the IP within±
10 cm alongthe beamdirectionand within±
1 cm in the plane perpendicular to the beamaxis.Particle identification isimplemented by combin-ing the information of normalized energy deposition (dE/
dx) inthe MDC andthe flight time measurements fromthe TOF. Fora
charged
π
(
K)
candidate,theprobabilityoftheπ
(
K)
hypothesisis requiredtobelargerthanthatoftheK(
π
)
hypothesis.Photonsare reconstructedasenergydepositionclustersinthe
EMC. The energies of photon candidates must be larger than
25 MeVfor
|
cosθ
|
<
0.
8 (barrel)and50 MeVfor0.
84<
|
cosθ
|
<
0
.
92 (end-cap).Tosuppressfakephotonsduetoelectronicnoiseor beambackgrounds,theshowertimemustbelessthan700 nsfrom the event start time [19]. However, in the case that no charged trackisdetected, theeventstarttime is notreliable,andinstead the shower time must be within±
500 ns from the time ofthe mostenergeticshower.Table 2
Requirementson E fordifferentD reconstructionmodes.
Mode Requirement (GeV)
K+K− −0.025< E<0.025 π+π− −0.030< E<0.030 K0 Sπ0π0 −0.080< E<0.045 π0π0 −0 .080< E<0.040 ρ0π0 −0.070< E<0.040 K0 Sπ0 −0.070< E<0.040 K0 Sη −0.040< E<0.040 K0 Sω −0.050< E<0.030 K±π∓ −0.030< E<0.030
Our
π
0 andη
candidates are selected from pairs ofpho-tons with the requirement that at least one photon candidate reconstructed in the barrel is used. The mass windows imposed are 0
.
115 GeV/
c2<
mγ γ<
0.
150 GeV/
c2 forπ
0 candidates and0
.
505 GeV/
c2<
mγ γ<
0.
570 GeV/
c2 forη
candidates.Wefurther constrain the invariant mass ofeach photon pairto the nominalπ
0 orη
mass,andupdate the fourmomentum ofthe candidateaccordingtothefitresults.
The K0S candidates arereconstructed via K0S
→
π
+π
− usinga vertex-constrainedfittoallpairsofoppositelychargedtracks,with noparticleidentificationrequirements.Thesetrackshavealooser IP requirement:their closest approachto theIP isrequiredto be lessthan20 cmalongthebeamdirection,withnorequirementin the transverse plane. Theχ
2 of the vertexfit is required to belessthan100. Inaddition,a secondfit isperformed,constraining the K0S momentum to point back to the IP. The flight length, L,
obtainedfromthisfitmustsatisfy L
/
σ
L>
2,whereσ
L isthe esti-matederroronL. Finally,theinvariantmassoftheπ
+π
−pairis requiredtobewithin(
0.
487,
0.
511)
GeV/
c2,whichcorrespondsto threetimestheexperimentalmassresolution.4.1. SingletagsusingCP modes
For the CP-even and CP-oddmodes, the two variables beam-constrainedmassMBCandenergydifference
E areusedto
iden-tifythesignals,definedasfollows: MBC
≡
E2beam
/
c4− |
pD
|
2/
c2,
E
≡
ED−
Ebeam.
Here
pD and ED are the total momentum and energy of the D candidate,andEbeam isthebeamenergy.Signalspeakaroundthenominal D mass in MBC and around zero in
E. Boundaries of
E requirementsaresetatapproximately
±
3σ
,exceptthatthose of modes containing aπ
0 are set as (−
4σ
,
+
3.
5σ
) due to theasymmetric distributions. In each event, only the combinationof
D candidateswiththeleast
|
E|
iskeptpermode.In the K+K− and
π
+π
− modes, backgrounds ofcosmic rays andBhabhaeventsareremoved withthefollowingrequirements. First, the two charged tracks used as the CP tag must have a TOF time difference lessthan 5 nsand they must not be consis-tentwithbeingamuonpairoranelectron–positronpair.Second, there must be at least one EMC shower (other than those from the CP tagtracks) withan energylargerthan50 MeVoratleast one additional charged trackdetected in the MDC. In the K0S
π
0 mode, backgroundsdueto D0→
ρπ
are negligibleafter restrict-ing thedecaylengthof K0S with L
/
σ
L>
2.Intheρ
0π
0 and K0Sω
modes, massranges of0.
60 GeV/
c2<
mπ+π−<
0.
95 GeV/
c2 and 0.
72 GeV/
c2<
mπ+π−π0<
0.
84 GeV/
c2 arerequiredfor identify-ingρ
andω
candidates,respectively.Fig. 1. TheMBCdistributionsofthesingle-tag(ST) CP modes.Dataareshownaspointswitherrorbars.Thesolidlinesarethetotalfitsandthedashed linesarethe backgroundcontribution.
Table 3
Yieldsandefficienciesofallsingle-tag(ST)anddouble-tag(DT)modes.First,welist theST(CP mode)yields(nS±)andcorrespondingefficiencies(εS±)andthentheDT modeyields(nKπ ,S±)andefficiencies(εKπ ,S±).Uncertaintiesarestatisticalonly.
ST mode nS± εS±(%) K+K− 56 156±261 62.99±0.26 π+π− 20 222±187 65.58±0.26 KS0π0π0 25 156±235 16.46±0.07 π0π0 7610±156 42.77±0.21 ρπ0 41 117±354 36.22±0.21 K0 Sπ 0 72 710±291 41 .95±0.21 K0 Sη 10 046±121 35.12±0.20 K0 Sω 31 422±215 17.88±0.10 DT mode nKπ ,S± εKπ ,S±(%) Kπ,K+K− 1671±41 42.33±0.21 Kπ,π+π− 610±25 44.02±0.21 Kπ,K0 Sπ0π0 806±29 12.86±0.13 Kπ,π0π0 213±14 30 .42±0.18 Kπ,ρπ0 1240±35 25 .48±0.16 Kπ,K0 Sπ0 1689±41 29.06±0.17 Kπ,K0 Sη 230±15 24.84±0.16 Kπ,K0 Sω 747±27 12.60±0.06
Afterapplyingthecriteriaon
E in
Table 2
inalltheCP modes,weplot their MBC distributionsin Fig. 1,wherethe peaksatthe
nominal D0 mass are evident. Maximum likelihood fits to the
events in Fig. 1 are performed, where in each mode the signals aremodeledwiththereconstructedsignalshapeinMCsimulation convoluted with a smearing Gaussian function, and backgrounds are modeled with the ARGUS function [20]. The Gaussian func-tions are supposed to compensate for the resolution differences betweendataandMC simulation.Basedonthefitresults,the
es-timated yields of the CP modes are givenin Table 3, along with theirMC-determineddetectionefficiencies.
4.2. DoubletagsoftheK−
π
+andCP modesIn the surviving ST CP modes, we reconstruct D
→
K−π
+amongtheunusedchargedtracks.TheD
→
K−π
+candidatemust pass theE requirement listed in Table 2; in the case of mul-tiple candidates, the one with the smallest
|
E|
is chosen. The DT signals peak at the nominal D0 mass in both MBC(S±)
and MBC(Kπ
)
.Toextractthesignalyields,two-dimensionalmaximum likelihood fits to the distributions of MBC(S±)
vs. MBC(Kπ
)
are performed. The signal shapes are derived from MC simulations,and the background shapes contain continuum background and
mis-partitioning background where some final-state particles are interchanged between the D0 and D0 candidates in the recon-structionprocess. Fig. 2 showsan exampleofthe resultsforone sampleDTcombination,(K
π
,K0Sπ
0).Table 3
liststheyieldsoftheDTmodesandtheircorresponding detectionefficienciesas deter-minedwithMCsimulations.
5. PuritiesoftheCP modes
It is necessary to determine the CP-purity of our ST modes. For the K0
S
π
0(
K0Sη
)
mode, the issue is the background un-der the K0S peak. We use the sideband regions of the KS0 mass,[
0.
470,
0.
477]
GeV/
c2 and[
0.
521,
0.
528]
GeV/
c2, in the mπ+π− distributions, to estimate the backgrounds fromπ
+π
−π
0(
π
+π
−η
)
.The purityis estimatedtobe 98.5% (almost100%)for the K0Sπ
0(
K0S
η
)
mode.Forthe K0Sω
, K0Sπ
0π
0 andρ
0π
0 modes, due to the complexity of the involved non-resonant and reso-nant processes,weevaluate theCP-puritydirectly fromourdata.Fig. 2. AnillustrationofourDTyieldanalysis,usingtheKπ, K0
Sπ0 mode.Ascatterplot(left)ofthetwoMBC valuesisdisplayed,alongwithprojectionsofthe two-dimensionalfittothesamedata(middleandright).Thesolidlinesarethetotalfitsandthedashedlinesarethebackgroundcontribution.
Table 4
Thesame-CP yieldsandthecorrespondingefficienciesusedinourCP-puritytests. Theuncertaintiesarestatisticalonly.ThelastcolumnpresentstheobtainedfSand
numbersintheparenthesesarethelowerlimitsofthe fSat90%confidencelevel.
Mode (S,S) nS,S εS,S(%) fS(%) K+K−,K0 Sπ0π0 8±3 11.80±0.11 91.6±16.7(>86.8) K+K−,ρ0π0 13±8 24.44±0.16 84.0±12.6(>70.6) K0 Sπ0,K0Sω 7±3 6.77±0.08 94.6±8.0(>90.6)
We useadditionalDTcombinations,withacleanCP-tagin combi-nationwiththemodewewishtostudy.Welookforsignalswhere bothD mesonsdecaywithequalCP eigenvalue.IfCP isconserved, thesame-CP processisprohibitedinthe quantum-correlated D D
productionatthreshold,unlessourstudiedCP modesarenotpure. Ifwetake fS asthefractionoftherightCP componentsintheCP tagmode,wehavetheyieldsofthesame-CP processwrittenas nS,S
= (
1−
fS)
·
nS·
B
D→S·
ε
S,S/
ε
S,
wheremode Sischosentobe(nearly)pureinitsCP eigenstate.
Wetakethemodes K0S
π
0 (S−
)andK+K−(S+
)asourclean CP tags to test the S−
and S+
purities of our ST modes, re-spectively. We analyze our data to find(
S,
S)
events using se-lectioncriteriasimilartothosedescribedinSection 4.2.However, a simplified procedure is used to obtain the yields. We imple-ment a one-dimensional fit to the MBC(S)
distributions for the signal mode S of interest,while restrictingthe MBC(S)
distribu-tionsforthetaggingmodesSinthesignalregion1.
860 GeV/
c2<
MBC(K+K−)
<
1.
875 GeV/
c2 and 1.
855 GeV/
c2<
MBC(K0S
π
0)
<
1.
880 GeV/
c2. The DT signals are described with the signal MC shape convolutedwith aGaussian function, andbackgrounds are modeledwiththeARGUSfunction.Fig. 3
showstheMBC(S)
distri-butionsinthe DTeventsandthefits tothedistributions.Table 4
liststheDTyieldsandthecorrespondingdetectionefficiencies.In thetestedCP modes,theobservednumbersofthesame-CP events are quite small and nearly consistent withzero, which indicates that fS iscloseto1.Thisone-dimensionalfitmayletcertain peak-ingbackgroundssurvive;however,anover-estimatednS,S leadsto amoreconservativeevaluationof fS.
6. Systematicuncertainties
Incalculating
A
CPKπ ,uncertaintiesofmostofefficiencies cancel out,suchasthosefortracking,particleidentificationandπ
0/
η
/
K0S reconstruction. The efficiency differences
S±
= (
εKεπS±,S±)
ofK−
π
+betweendataandMCsimulationarestudiedforthemodesS
±
.WeusecontrolsamplestostudyS±.TheK−
π
+finalstateis usedforstudyingS±intheK+K−and
π
+π
−modes;K−π
+π
0isused forthe
π
0π
0,ρπ
0, K0S
π
0 and K0Sη
modes; K−π
+π
0π
0 isused forthe K0Sπ
0π
0 mode; and K+π
−π
−π
+ isusedforthe K0Sω
mode.WedetermineS±indifferentCP-tagmodesby com-paringtheratiooftheDTyieldstotheSTyieldsbetweendataand
MC. Wefindthat
S± areat1%levelfordifferentCP-tagmodes. Intheformulaof
A
CPKπ ,thedependenceofS±ontheCP modeis not canceledout. Theresultingsystematicuncertaintyon
A
CPKπ is 0.
2×
10−2.Some systematics arise from effects which act among several
CP modessimultaneously.TheefficiencyofthecosmicandBhabha veto(onlyfortheK K and
π π
modes)isstudiedbasedonthe in-clusiveMCsample.WecomparetheobtainedA
CPKπ withand
with-outthisrequirementandtakethedifferenceof0
.
6×
10−3asasys-tematic uncertainty.For the CP modesinvolving K0S, CP-violating K0
L
→
π
+π
−decaysarealsoconsidered.Usingtheknown branch-ing fraction, we find this causes the change onA
CPKπ to be 0.
8×
10−3.Other systematic uncertainties, relevant to
A
CPKπ , are listed in Table 5,whichareuncorrelatedamongdifferentCP modes.
The
E requirementsare mode-dependent.Westudypossible biasesofourrequirements bychanging theirvalues; wetake the maximumvariations oftheresultant
B
DS±→Kπ as systematicun-certainties.
Fitting the MBC distributions involves knowledge of detector
smearingandtheeffectsofinitial-stateandfinal-stateradiation.In thecaseofSTfits,wescanthesmearingparameterswithinthe er-rorsdeterminedinournominalfits.ThemaximumchangestonS±
are taken asa systematic uncertainty.For the DT fits, we obtain checksonnKπ,S±withone-dimensionalfitsto MBC(S
)
with inclu-sionoffloatingsmearingfunctions.TheoutcomesofB
DS±→Kπ areconsistent with those determined from the two-dimensional fits, andanysmalldifferencesaretreatedassystematicuncertainties.
SystematiceffectsduetotheCP puritiesarechecked,asstated in Section 5. We introduce the CP purities fS in calculating the
B
DS±→Kπ under differentCP tagging modes andobtain thecor-rected
B
DS±→Kπ .We setthelowerlimitsof fS andtakethe cor-respondingmaximumchangesaspartofsystematicuncertainties. 7. ResultsWe combine the branching fractions
B
DS+→K−π+ andB
DS−→K−π+ in Eq. (4) from two kinds of the CP modes basedon the standard weighted least-square method [15]. Following Eq.(2),weobtain
A
CPKπ
= (
12.
7±
1.
3±
0.
7)
×
10−2,wherethefirstuncertaintyis statisticalandthesecond issystematic. The mode-dependentsystematicsarepropagatedto
A
CPKπ andcombinedwith the mode-correlatedsystematics.The valuesofA
CPKπ obtainedfor the15differentCP mode combinationsarealsocheckedaslisted inTable 6
.Withinstatisticaluncertainties,theyareconsistentwith eachother.With externalinputs ofr2
= (
3.
50±
0.
04)
×
10−3, y= (
6.
7±
0
.
9)
×
10−3 fromHFAG[21]andRWS= (
3.
80±
0.
05)
×
10−3fromPDG [15],cos
δ
Kπ is determinedto be 1.
02±
0.
11±
0.
06±
0.
01,where thethird uncertaintyisdueto theerrorsintroduced from theexternalinputs.
Fig. 3. TheMBCdistributionsfromourCP-puritytestsusingsame-CP processes(S,S),withfitstothetotal(solid)andbackground(dashed)contributions.BothS andSare CP eigenstatesofD decays.
Table 5
Asummaryofmode-dependentfractionalsystematicuncertainties,inpercent.A“–”meansthesystematicuncertaintyisnegligible.
Source K+K− π+π− K0 Sπ 0π0 π0π0 ρ0π0 K0 Sπ 0 K0 Sη K 0 Sω E requirement 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.7 1.8 0.7 0.5 1.5 Fitting 0.9 1.0 1.5 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.8 2.0 CP purity – – 1.8 – 3.5 0.6 – 1.2 Quadratic sum 1.1 1.1 2.5 1.8 3.9 0.9 0.9 2.8 Table 6 ValuesofACP
Kπ inunitsof10−2extractedfromthe15differentcombinationsofCPdecaymodes.Theerrorsshownarestatisticalonly.
CP− CP+ K+K− π+π− K0 Sπ0π0 π0π0 ρπ0 K0 Sπ0 13.8±1.8 14.5±2.4 10.0±2.3 8.0±3.7 12.2±2.0 KS0η 15.5±3.5 16.3±3.9 11.8±3.8 9.7±4.8 14.0±3.6 K0 Sω 13.5±2.2 14.2±2.8 9.7±2.7 7.7±3.9 11.9±2.4 8. Summary
We employ a CP tagging technique to analyze a sample of
2.92 fb−1 quantum-correlated data of e+e−
→
D0D0 at theψ(
3770)
peak. We measuretheasymmetryA
CPKπ
= (
12.
7±
1.
3±
0
.
7)
×
10−2.Usingtheinputsofr2andy fromHFAG[21]andRWSfromPDG[15],weobtaincos
δ
Kπ=
1.
02±
0.
11±
0.
06±
0.
01.Thefirst uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third is dueto the external inputs. Our result isconsistent with previous resultsfromCLEO [8].Our resultis themostprecise to date,andhelpstoconstraintheD0–D0mixingparametersandthe angle
φ3
intheunitaritytriangleoftheCKMmatrix.Acknowledgements
TheBESIIICollaborationthanksthestaffofBEPCIIandthe com-puting center for their strong support. This work is supported in part by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Peo-ple’s Republic of China under Contract No. 2009CB825200; Na-tional Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under Con-tractsNos.10625524, 10821063, 10825524,10835001, 10935007, 11125525,11235011, 11275266; JointFundsofthe National Nat-uralScienceFoundation ofChina underContractsNos.11079008, 11179007;theChineseAcademyofSciences(CAS)Large-Scale Sci-entificFacility Program;CAS underContractsNos.KJCX2-YW-N29,
KJCX2-YW-N45; 100 Talents Program of CAS; German Research
FoundationDFGunderContractNo. CollaborativeResearchCenter CRC-1044; IstitutoNazionale diFisica Nucleare, Italy; Ministryof DevelopmentofTurkeyunderContractNo.DPT2006K-120470;U.S. Departmentof Energy underContracts Nos.DE-FG02-04ER41291,
DE-FG02-05ER41374,DE-FG02-94ER40823,DESC0010118;U.S.
Na-tionalScienceFoundation;UniversityofGroningen (RuG)andthe HelmholtzzentrumfuerSchwerionenforschungGmbH(GSI), Darm-stadt;WCUProgramofNationalResearchFoundationofKorea un-derContractNo. R32-2008-000-10155-0.
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