arXiv · 2601.15646
Observation of $CP$ violation in $B^{0}\!\to{J\mskip-3mu/\mskip-2mu\psi}\rho(770)^0$ decays
Abstract
The time-dependent $CP$ asymmetry in $B^{0}\!\to{J\mskip-3mu/\mskip-2mu\psi}\rho(770)^0$ decays is measured using proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $6\,\text{fb}^{-1}$, collected with the LHCb detector at a center-of-mass energy of $13\,\text{TeV}$ during the years 2015-2018. The $CP$-violation parameters for this process are determined to be $2\beta^{\rm eff}_{c\bar{c}d} = 0.710 \pm 0.084 \pm 0.051\,\text{rad}$ and $|\lambda| = 1.019 \pm 0.034 \pm 0.024$, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. This constitutes the first observation of time-dependent $CP$ violation in $B^{0}\!\to{J\mskip-3mu/\mskip-2mu\psi}\rho(770)^0$ decays. Assuming approximate SU(3) flavor symmetry, these results are combined with the previous consistent LHCb measurement to set the most stringent constraint on the penguin contribution, $\Delta\phi_{s}$, to the $CP$-violating phase $\phi_{s}$ in $B^{0}_{s}\!\to{J\mskip-3mu/\mskip-2mu\psi}\phi(1020)$ decays, yielding $\Delta\phi_{s} = 5.0 \pm 4.6\,\text{mrad}$.
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LHCb collaboration, R. Aaij, A. S. W. Abdelmotteleb, C. Abellan Beteta, F. Abudinén, T. Ackernley, A. A. Adefisoye, B. Adeva, M. Adinolfi, P. Adlarson, C. Agapopoulou, C. A. Aidala, Z. Ajaltouni, S. Akar, K. Akiba, M. Akthar, P. Albicocco, J. Albrecht, R. Aleksiejunas, F. Alessio, P. Alvarez Cartelle, R. Amalric, S. Amato, J. L. Amey, Y. Amhis, L. An, L. Anderlini, M. Andersson, P. Andreola, M. Andreotti, S. Andres Estrada, A. Anelli, D. Ao, C. Arata, F. Archilli, Z. Areg, M. Argenton, S. Arguedas Cuendis, L. Arnone, A. Artamonov, M. Artuso, E. Aslanides, R. Ataíde Da Silva, M. Atzeni, B. Audurier, J. A. Authier, D. Bacher, I. Bachiller Perea, S. Bachmann, M. Bachmayer, J. J. Back, Z. B. Bai, P. Baladron Rodriguez, V. Balagura, A. Balboni, W. Baldini, Z. Baldwin, L. Balzani, H. Bao, J. Baptista de Souza Leite, C. Barbero Pretel, M. Barbetti, I. R. Barbosa, R. J. Barlow, M. Barnyakov, S. Barsuk, W. Barter, J. Bartz, S. Bashir, B. Batsukh, P. B. Battista, A. Bavarchee, A. Bay, A. Beck, M. Becker, F. Bedeschi, I. B. Bediaga, N. A. Behling, S. Belin, A. Bellavista, K. Belous, I. Belov, I. Belyaev, G. Benane, G. Bencivenni, E. Ben-Haim, A. Berezhnoy, R. Bernet, A. Bertolin, F. Betti, J. Bex, O. Bezshyyko, S. Bhattacharya, M. S. Bieker, N. V. Biesuz, A. Biolchini, M. Birch, F. C. R. Bishop, A. Bitadze, A. Bizzeti. 2026-01-22. Observation of $CP$ violation in $B^{0}\!\to{J\mskip-3mu/\mskip-2mu\psi}\rho(770)^0$ decays. https://doi.org/10.1103/6f6r-51br
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