Angular analysis of the B0 to K*0μ+μ- decay at the LHCb experiment
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Author(s)
Kress, Felix Johannes
Type
Thesis
Abstract
An angular analysis of the $B^{0}\rightarrow K^{*0}(\to K^{+}\pi^{-})\mu^{+}\mu^{-}$ decay is presented using a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.7 fb$^{-1}$ of $pp$ collision data collected with the LHCb experiment. The full set of $C\!P$-averaged observables are determined in bins of the invariant mass squared of the dimuon system. Contamination from decays with the $K^{+}\pi^{-}$ system in an S-wave configuration is taken into account. The tension seen between the previous LHCb results and the Standard Model predictions persists with the new data. The precise value of the significance of this tension depends on the choice of theory nuisance parameters.
Version
Open Access
Date Issued
2020-07
Date Awarded
2020-10
Copyright Statement
Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives Licence
Advisor
Patel, Mitesh
Egede, Ulrik
Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain)
Publisher Department
Physics
Publisher Institution
Imperial College London
Qualification Level
Doctoral
Qualification Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)