Zooming into CP violation in B(s)--> hh decays

R. Fleischer*, R. Jaarsma, K.K. Vos

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Abstract

The LHCb collaboration has recently reported the first observation of CP violation in the penguin-dominated Bs(0) --> K-K+ decay and further new measurements, indicating differences between the direct CP asymmetries of both the B-s(0) K-K+, B-0(d) pi K--(+) and the B-d(0) pi(-)pi(+), B-s(0) K-pi(+) modes. We show that these puzzling differences can be accommodated through sizeable penguin annihilation and exchange topologies in the Standard Model, and constrain them. Utilising the U-spin symmetry, we extract the angle-y of the unitarity triangle from the CP asymmetries in the B-s(0) K-K+, B-0(d) pi(-)pi(+) system alone, finding-y = (65+11 -7 )degrees, in perfect agreement with the determination from tree-level B DK decays. The B-s(0)-B & macr;(0)(s) mixing phase 0s can be extracted from CP violation measurements in B-s(0) K-K+ in a clean way. We present a new strategy and extract phi(s) =-(3.6 +/- 5.4)degrees. This result is in agreement with the determination from B-s(0) J/psi 0 decays. New CP-violating contributions would influence these determinations differently. Hence it is interesting to keep monitoring both as the experimental picture sharpens.
Original languageEnglish
Article number81
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2023
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Feb 2023

Keywords

  • Bottom Quarks
  • CP Violation
  • PI-K
  • QCD FACTORIZATION
  • GAMMA

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