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Polarization and CP Violation Measurements

Angular Analysis of B -> ?K* Decays and Search for CP Violation at the Belle Experiment

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Authors:
  1. Michael Prim

    1. Institute for Experimental Nuclear Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Presents a nine-dimensional maximum likelihood fit with multivariate dependencies
  • Fully explained four-body final state amplitude analysis
  • Includes methods to speed-up numeric integrations in amplitude analysis
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Michael Prim
    Pages 1-3

  3. Theoretical Principles

    • Michael Prim
    Pages 5-18

  4. The Belle Experiment

    • Michael Prim
    Pages 19-34

  5. Analysis Methods and Tools

    • Michael Prim
    Pages 35-52

  6. Reconstruction and Selection

    • Michael Prim
    Pages 53-63

  7. Maximum Likelihood Fit Model

    • Michael Prim
    Pages 65-76

  8. Measurement of \(\hbox {B}^{0} \rightarrow \phi \hbox {K}^{*}\) Decays

    • Michael Prim
    Pages 77-97

  9. Conclusion

    • Michael Prim
    Pages 99-101
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About this book

This thesis describes the thorough analysis of the rare B meson decay into ϕ K* on data taken by the Belle Collaboration at the B-meson-factory KEKB over 10 years. This reaction is very interesting, because it in principle allows the observation of CP-violation effects. In the Standard Model however, no CP violation in this reaction is expected. An observation of CP asymmetries thus immediately implies new physics. This thesis presents an amplitude analysis of this decay and the search for CP violation in detail and discusses methods to solve related problems: The quantification of multivariate dependence and the improvement of numeric evaluation speed of normalization integrals in amplitude analysis. In addition it provides an overview of the theory, experimental setup, (blind) statistical data analysis and estimation of systematic uncertainties.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Experimental Nuclear Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Michael Prim

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Polarization and CP Violation Measurements

  • Book Subtitle: Angular Analysis of B -> ?K* Decays and Search for CP Violation at the Belle Experiment

  • Authors: Michael Prim

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05756-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-05755-2Published: 08 April 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35953-3Published: 03 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-05756-9Published: 28 March 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 101

  • Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

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