Abstract
Direct CP-violation can exist in untagged, neutral B-meson decays to certain self-conjugate, hadronic final states. It can occur if the resonances which appear therein permit the identification of distinct, CP-conjugate states - in analogy to stereochemistry, we term such states "CP-enantiomers". These states permit the construction of a CP-odd amplitude combination in the untagged decay rate, which is non-zero if direct CP-violation is present. The decay B → π+π-π0, containing the distinct CP-conjugate states ρ+π-, and ρ-π+, provides one such example of a CP-enantiomeric pair. We illustrate the possibilities in various multiparticle final states.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 261-266 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics |
| Volume | 553 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
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| State | Published - Feb 6 2003 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:S.G. thanks H.R. Quinn for key discussions and input, L. Dixon and J. Tandean for useful comments, and J.D. Bjorken for a helpful conversation. S.G. acknowledges the SLAC Theory Group for gracious hospitality and is supported by the US Department of Energy under contracts DE-FG02-96ER40989 and DE-AC03-76SF00515.
Funding
S.G. thanks H.R. Quinn for key discussions and input, L. Dixon and J. Tandean for useful comments, and J.D. Bjorken for a helpful conversation. S.G. acknowledges the SLAC Theory Group for gracious hospitality and is supported by the US Department of Energy under contracts DE-FG02-96ER40989 and DE-AC03-76SF00515.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Michigan State University-U.S. Department of Energy (MSU-DOE) Plant Research Laboratory | DE-AC03-76SF00515, DE-FG02-96ER40989 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics