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Time-Dependent CP Violation Measurements

Analyses of Neutral B Meson to Double-Charm Decays at the Japanese Belle Experiment

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Authors:
  1. Markus Röhrken

    1. Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Karlsruhe, Germany

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Offers a comprehensive introduction to the field of flavor physics and CP violating phenomena
  • Provides a detailed reference work on and explanatory examples of time-dependent measurements in particle physics
  • 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-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Markus Röhrken
    Pages 1-10

  3. Theoretical Foundations

    • Markus Röhrken
    Pages 11-44

  4. The Belle Experiment

    • Markus Röhrken
    Pages 45-69

  5. Analysis Methods

    • Markus Röhrken
    Pages 71-106

  6. Reconstruction and Selection

    • Markus Röhrken
    Pages 107-129

  7. Branching Fraction Measurements

    • Markus Röhrken
    Pages 131-152

  8. Time-Dependent Measurements

    • Markus Röhrken
    Pages 153-185

  9. Summary and Conclusion

    • Markus Röhrken
    Pages 187-193
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This thesis describes a high-quality, high-precision method for the data analysis of an interesting elementary particle reaction. The data was collected at the Japanese B-meson factory KEKB with the Belle detector, one of the most successful large-scale experiments worldwide. CP violation is a subtle quantum effect that makes the world look different when simultaneously left and right and matter and antimatter are exchanged. This being a prerequisite for our own world to have developed from the big bang, there are only a few experimental indications of such effects, and their detection requires very intricate techniques. The discovery of CP violation in B meson decays garnered Kobayashi and Maskawa, who had predicted these findings as early as 1973, the 2008 Nobel prize in physics. This thesis describes in great detail what are by far the best measurements of branching ratios and CP violation parameters in two special reactions with two charm mesons in the final state. It presents an in-depth but accessible overview of the theory, phenomenology, experimental setup, data collection, Monte Carlo simulations, (blind) statistical data analysis, and systematic uncertainty studies.

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  • Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Markus Röhrken

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