Search for CP violation in D±s→K0Sπ±, D±→K0SK± and D±→φπ± decays

Il lavoro qui presentato riporta una ricerca preliminare di violazione $C\!P$ nei decadimenti singolarmente-Cabibbo-soppresi $D_s^\pm \rightarrow K_S^0 \pi^\pm$, $D^\pm \rightarrow K_S^0 K^\pm$ e $D^\pm \rightarrow \phi \pi^\pm$, ricostruiti in un campione di dati corrispontene a 2 fb$^{−1}$ di luminosità integrata raccolta da LHCb durante il Run-2 (2015-2016). Le asimmetrie di violazione $C\!P$ sono misurate separatemente come \begin{eqnarray*} \mathcal{A}_{CP}(D_s^\pm \rightarrow K_S^0 \pi^\pm) & = & (0.03 \pm 0.40 \,\mathrm{(stat.)})\%,\\ \mathcal{A}_{CP}(D^\pm \rightarrow K_S^0 K^\pm) & = & (0.04 \pm 0.15 \,\mathrm{(stat.)})\%,\\ \mathcal{A}_{CP}(D^\pm \rightarrow \phi \pi^\pm) & = & (-0.124 \pm 0.045 \,\mathrm{(stat.)})\%, \end{eqnarray*} assumendo che la violazione $C\!P$ nei decadimenti Cabibbo-favoriti sia trascurabile. I risultati sono consistenti con quelli delle analisi precedenti. Dato che i risultati sono compatibili con zero, non è stata trovata alcuna evidenza di violazione $C\!P$ con la statistica attualmente analizzata. Tuttavia, i risultati sono prelimari poiché ulteriori studi, come quelli di valutazione delle principali sistematiche, sono ancora in corso

Ricerca di una risonanza ad alta massa nello stato finale mu+mu- a sqrt(s)=13 TeV con il rivelatore CMS

Il Modello Standard descrive la fenomenologia delle interazioni fondamentali con estrema precisione; tuttavia è incompleto e deve esistere nuova fisica oltre tale modello. Al momento non si è in grado di prevedere come e a che scala di energia tale fisica si manifesti. Un’eventuale risonanza nello stato finale μ + μ − a masse elevate costituirebbe un segnale di nuova fisica. Un fenomeno di questo tipo viene catalogato come produzione della particella Z' , la quale non rappresenterebbe necessariamente un nuovo bosone vettore sequenziale alla Z_0 . Questa tesi si colloca nell’ambito della ricerca della Z' nei processi di interazione protone-protone a LHC in termini di una generica risonanza che decade in coppie di muoni di carica opposta. I limiti attualmente fissati stabiliscono che non vi siano segnali di nuove risonanze per il Modello Sequenziale (SSM) al di sotto dei 2960 GeV. In questo lavoro di tesi si effettua un’analisi per un’eventuale Z ', fino a 5 TeV di massa. A Maggio 2015, LHC ha raggiunto un’energia nel centro di massa di 13 TeV aumentando di un fattore 10 o più il potere di scoperta per oggetti con massa superiore a 1 TeV. In questo scenario, favorevole all’osservazione di fenomeni rari, si inserisce la mia ricerca

Search for direct CP violation in charm neutral meson decays at LHCb

A search for time-integrated violation of the CP symmetry, ACP(K−K+), in the Cabibbo-suppressed D0 → K−K+ decays is performed at the LHCb detector using proton- proton collisions recorded from 2015 to 2018 at the centre of mass energy of 13 TeV. The data used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.7 fb−1. The flavour of the charm mesons is defined from the charge of the pion in D∗+ → D0π+ and D∗− → D0π− decays. Nuisance asymmetries are constrained from D∗+ → D0(→ K−π+)π+, D+ → KS0π+, D+ → K−π+π+, Ds+ → KS0K+ and Ds+ → φπ+ decays. The ACP(K−K+) asymme- try is measured to be ACP (K−K+) = (6.8 ± 5.4 (stat) ± 1.6 (syst)) · 10−4, in agreement with the previous LHCb results and the current world average. This represents the world’s most precise measurement of this quantity to date. Combining ACP (K−K+) with the time-integrated CP asymmetry difference, ∆ACP = ACP (K−K+)− ACP (π−π+), and the time-dependent CP asymmetry, ∆Y , measured with D0 → K−K+ and D0 → π−π+ decays, the direct CP asymmetries in D0 → K−K+ and D0 → π−π+ decays, adKK and adππ, result to be adKK =(7.7±5.7)·10−4, adππ =(23.2±6.1)·10−4, where the errors include systematic and statistical uncertainties and the correlation be- tween the two values is ρ(adKK,adππ) = 0.88. The values differ from zero for 1.4 and 3.8 standard deviations, respectively. In particular, adππ shows an evidence for direct CP violation in D0 → π−π+ decays

Multidifferential study of identified charged hadron distributions in ZZ-tagged jets in proton-proton collisions at s=\sqrt{s}=13 TeV

Jet fragmentation functions are measured for the first time in proton-proton collisions for charged pions, kaons, and protons within jets recoiling against a $Z$ boson. The charged-hadron distributions are studied longitudinally and transversely to the jet direction for jets with transverse momentum 20 $< p_{\textrm{T}} < 100$ GeV and in the pseudorapidity range $2.5 < \eta < 4$. The data sample was collected with the LHCb experiment at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.64 fb$^{-1}$. Triple differential distributions as a function of the hadron longitudinal momentum fraction, hadron transverse momentum, and jet transverse momentum are also measured for the first time. This helps constrain transverse-momentum-dependent fragmentation functions. Differences in the shapes and magnitudes of the measured distributions for the different hadron species provide insights into the hadronization process for jets predominantly initiated by light quarks.Comment: All figures and tables, along with machine-readable versions and any supplementary material and additional information, are available at https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2022-013.html (LHCb public pages

Study of the B−→Λc+Λˉc−K−B^{-} \to \Lambda_{c}^{+} \bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-} K^{-} decay

The decay $B^{-} \to \Lambda_{c}^{+} \bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-} K^{-}$ is studied in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5 $\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ collected by the LHCb experiment. In the $\Lambda_{c}^+ K^{-}$ system, the $\Xi_{c}(2930)^{0}$ state observed at the BaBar and Belle experiments is resolved into two narrower states, $\Xi_{c}(2923)^{0}$ and $\Xi_{c}(2939)^{0}$, whose masses and widths are measured to be $$m(\Xi_{c}(2923)^{0}) = 2924.5 \pm 0.4 \pm 1.1 \,\mathrm{MeV}, \\ m(\Xi_{c}(2939)^{0}) = 2938.5 \pm 0.9 \pm 2.3 \,\mathrm{MeV}, \\ \Gamma(\Xi_{c}(2923)^{0}) = \phantom{000}4.8 \pm 0.9 \pm 1.5 \,\mathrm{MeV},\\ \Gamma(\Xi_{c}(2939)^{0}) = \phantom{00}11.0 \pm 1.9 \pm 7.5 \,\mathrm{MeV},$$ where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic. The results are consistent with a previous LHCb measurement using a prompt $\Lambda_{c}^{+} K^{-}$ sample. Evidence of a new $\Xi_{c}(2880)^{0}$ state is found with a local significance of $3.8\,\sigma$, whose mass and width are measured to be $2881.8 \pm 3.1 \pm 8.5\,\mathrm{MeV}$ and $12.4 \pm 5.3 \pm 5.8 \,\mathrm{MeV}$, respectively. In addition, evidence of a new decay mode $\Xi_{c}(2790)^{0} \to \Lambda_{c}^{+} K^{-}$ is found with a significance of $3.7\,\sigma$. The relative branching fraction of $B^{-} \to \Lambda_{c}^{+} \bar{\Lambda}_{c}^{-} K^{-}$ with respect to the $B^{-} \to D^{+} D^{-} K^{-}$ decay is measured to be $2.36 \pm 0.11 \pm 0.22 \pm 0.25$, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic and the third originates from the branching fractions of charm hadron decays.Comment: All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and additional information, are available at https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2022-028.html (LHCb public pages

Measurement of the ratios of branching fractions R(D∗)\mathcal{R}(D^{*}) and R(D0)\mathcal{R}(D^{0})

The ratios of branching fractions $\mathcal{R}(D^{*})\equiv\mathcal{B}(\bar{B}\to D^{*}\tau^{-}\bar{\nu}_{\tau})/\mathcal{B}(\bar{B}\to D^{*}\mu^{-}\bar{\nu}_{\mu})$ and $\mathcal{R}(D^{0})\equiv\mathcal{B}(B^{-}\to D^{0}\tau^{-}\bar{\nu}_{\tau})/\mathcal{B}(B^{-}\to D^{0}\mu^{-}\bar{\nu}_{\mu})$ are measured, assuming isospin symmetry, using a sample of proton-proton collision data corresponding to 3.0 fb${ }^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity recorded by the LHCb experiment during 2011 and 2012. The tau lepton is identified in the decay mode $\tau^{-}\to\mu^{-}\nu_{\tau}\bar{\nu}_{\mu}$. The measured values are $\mathcal{R}(D^{*})=0.281\pm0.018\pm0.024$ and $\mathcal{R}(D^{0})=0.441\pm0.060\pm0.066$, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The correlation between these measurements is $\rho=-0.43$. Results are consistent with the current average of these quantities and are at a combined 1.9 standard deviations from the predictions based on lepton flavor universality in the Standard Model.Comment: All figures and tables, along with any supplementary material and additional information, are available at https://cern.ch/lhcbproject/Publications/p/LHCb-PAPER-2022-039.html (LHCb public pages

Direct CPV in charm hadrons at LHCb

LHCb has collected the world's largest sample of charmed hadrons. This sample is used to measure the time-integrated $C\!P$ asymmetry in the Cabibbo-suppressed decay $D^0\to K^-K^+$, $A_{C\!P}(K^-K^+)$. The direct $C\!P$ asymmetries in $D^0\to K^-K^+$ and $D^0\to \pi^-\pi^+$ decays, $a_{K^-K^+}^{d}$ and $a_{\pi^-\pi^+}^{d}$, are derived by combining $A_{C\!P}(K^-K^+)$ with the time-integrated $C\!P$ asymmetry difference, $\Delta A_{C\!P}=A_{C\!P}(K^-K^+)-A_{C\!P}(\pi^-\pi^+)$, and accounting for time-dependent effects. The result consists in the first evidence for direct $C\!P$ violation in a specific $D^0$ decay

Mixing and CPV in charm decays at LHCb

After Run~2, LHCb has collected the world's largest sample of charmed hadrons. This sample is further investigated to understand the $C\!P$ violation observed in charm decays in 2019.The measurement of the time-integrated $C\!P$ asymmetry in $D^0\rightarrow K^-K^+$ decays, $A_{C\!P}(K^-K^+)$, and its combination with the observed \mbox{$\Delta A_{C\!P}=A_{C\!P}(K^-K^+)-A_{C\!P}(\pi^-\pi^+)$} are presented in this document, reporting the first evidence of $C\!P$ violation in $D^0\rightarrow\pi^-\pi^+$.Due to the variation of the strong phase across the Dalitz plane, multi-body decays have unique features for $C\!P$ violation searches as a different size of $C\!P$ asymmetry can be found. The decays $D_{(s)}^+\rightarrow K^-K^+K^+$ and $D^0\rightarrow\pi^-\pi^+\pi^0$ have been investingated with model-independent approaches, reporting no evidence for $C\!P$ violation in these decay modes