Isospin analysis of charmless B-meson decays Charles, J.; Deschamps, O.; Descotes-Genon, S. ...
The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields,
08/2017, Volume:
77, Issue:
8
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Open access
We discuss the determination of the CKM angle
α
using the non-leptonic two-body decays
B
→
π
π
,
B
→
ρ
ρ
and
B
→
ρ
π
using the latest data available. We illustrate the methods used in each case and ...extract the corresponding value of
α
. Combining all these elements, we obtain the determination
α
dir
=
(
86.2
-
4.0
+
4.4
∪
178.4
-
5.1
+
3.9
)
∘
. We assess the uncertainties associated to the breakdown of the isospin hypothesis and the choice of the statistical framework in detail. We also determine the hadronic amplitudes (tree and penguin) describing the QCD dynamics involved in these decays, briefly comparing our results with theoretical expectations. For each observable of interest in the
B
→
π
π
,
B
→
ρ
ρ
and
B
→
ρ
π
systems, we perform an indirect determination based on the constraints from all the other observables available and we discuss the compatibility between indirect and direct determinations. Finally, we review the impact of future improved measurements on the determination of
α
.
Neutrinos of astrophysical origin could be detected through the electromagnetic radiation of the particle showers induced in the atmosphere by their interaction in the Earth. This applies in ...particular for tau neutrinos of energies E>1016eV following Earth-skimming trajectories. The ∼1° beaming of the radio emission in the forward direction however implies that the radio signal will likely fly above a detector deployed over a flat site and would therefore not be detected.
We study here how a non-flat detector topography can improve the detection probability of these neutrino-induced air showers. We do this by computing with three distinct tools the neutrino detection efficiency for a radio array deployed over a toy-model mountainous terrain, also taking into account experimental and topographic constraints. We show in particular that ground topographies inclined by few degrees only induce detection efficiencies typically three times larger than those obtained for flat areas for favorable trajectories. We conclude that the topography of the area where the detector is deployed will be a key factor for an experiment like GRAND.
An antenna array devoted to the autonomous radio-detection of high energy cosmic rays is being deployed on the site of the 21
cm array radio telescope in XinJiang, China. Thanks in particular to the ...very good electromagnetic environment of this remote experimental site, self-triggering on extensive air showers induced by cosmic rays has been achieved with a small scale prototype of the foreseen antenna array. We give here a detailed description of the detector and present the first detection of extensive air showers with this prototype.
Muon tomography is a potential non-invasive technique for internal structure scanning. It has already interesting applications in geophysics and can be used for archaeological purposes. Muon ...tomography is based on the measurement of the muon flux after crossing the structure studied. Differences on the mean density of these structures imply differences on the detected muon rate for a given direction. Based on this principle, Monte Carlo simulations represent a useful tool to provide a model of the expected muon rate and angular distribution depending on the composition of the studied object, being useful to estimate the expected detected muons and to better understand the experimental results. These simulations are mainly dependent on the geometry and composition of the studied object and on the modelling of the initial muon flux at surface. In this work, the potential of muon tomography in archaeology is presented and evaluated with Monte Carlo simulations by estimating the differences on the muon rate due to the presence of internal structures and its composition. The influence of the chosen muon model at surface in terms of energy and angular distributions in the final result has been also studied.
The muographic imaging of volcanoes relies on the measured transmittance of the atmospheric muon flux through the target. An important bias affecting the result comes from background contamination ...mimicking a higher transmittance. The MU‐RAY and TOMUVOL collaborations measured independently in 2013 the atmospheric muon flux transmitted through the Puy de Dôme volcano using their early prototype detectors, based on plastic scintillators and on Glass Resistive Plate Chambers, respectively. These detectors had three (MU‐RAY) or four (TOMUVOL) detection layers of 1 m2 each, tens (MU‐RAY) or hundreds (TOMUVOL) of nanosecond time resolution, a few millimeter position resolution, an energy threshold of few hundreds MeV, and no particle identification capabilities. The prototypes were deployed about 1.3 km away from the summit, where they measured, behind rock depths larger than 1000 m, remnant fluxes of 1.83±0.50(syst)±0.07(stat) m−2 d−1 deg−2 (MU‐RAY) and 1.95±0.16(syst)±0.05(stat) m−2 d−1 deg−2 (TOMUVOL), that roughly correspond to the expected flux of high‐energy atmospheric muons crossing 600 meters water equivalent (mwe) at 18° elevation. This implies that imaging depths larger than 500 mwe from 1 km away using such prototype detectors suffer from an overwhelming background. These measurements confirm that a new generation of detectors with higher momentum threshold, time‐of‐flight measurement, and/or particle identification is needed. The MU‐RAY and TOMUVOL collaborations expect shortly to operate improved detectors, suitable for a robust muographic imaging of kilometer‐scale volcanoes.
Key Point
The feasibility of muon imaging of km thick volcanoes was checked using two different detectors
This article summarizes the status of the global fit of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) parameters within the Standard Model performed by the CKMfitter group. Special attention is paid to the ...inputs for the CKM angles alpha and gamma and the status of Bs arrow right mu mu and Bd arrow right mu mu decays. We illustrate the current situation for other unitarity triangles. We also discuss the constraints on generic Delta F = 2 new physics. All results have been obtained with the CKMfitter analysis package, featuring the frequentist statistical approach and using RFIT to handle theoretical uncertainties.
We discuss tests of the charged Higgs sector of the Two Higgs Doublet Model (2HDM) of Type II in the light of recent flavour physics data. Particular attention is paid to recent measurement of purely ...leptonic decays of heavy-light mesons, which depart more or less significantly from the Standard Model (SM) predictions. We derive constraints on the parameters of the 2HDM type II from leptonic and semileptonic $\Delta F=1$ decays as well as loop processes ($b \to s \gamma$ or $Z\to\bar{b}b$) sensitive to charged Higgs contributions. The outcome of this work is that while 2HDM Type II can fit individual observable through fine-tuning schemes, in a combined analysis it does not perform better than the SM by favouring a decoupling solution. Assuming that 2HDM Type II is realized in Nature, constraints on its parameters ($m_{H^+}$ and $\tan \beta$) are derived. A limit on the charged Higgs mass $m_{H^+} > 304 {\rm GeV}$ at 95% CL is obtained irrespective of the value of $\tan \beta$. This limit is dominated by the $b\to s \gamma$ branching ratio measurement. All results have been obtained with the \ckmfitter analysis package, featuring the frequentist statistical approach \rfit to handle theoretical uncertainties.
We investigate various issues related to the thermo-acoustic signal computation from underwater cascades in a Mediterranean Sea environment and discuss their implications.
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