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S. C. Haines

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Study of the sensitivity to CKM angle $γ$ under simultaneous determination from multiple $B$ meson decay modes

Several methods exist to measure $CP$ violation observables related to the CKM unitarity triangle angle $γ$ using $B$ meson decays. These observables are different for every $B$ meson decay considered, although the information they contain on $γ$ is encoded in a similar way for all of them. This paper describes a strategy for a simultaneous measurement of $γ$ using several $B$ meson decays that takes into account possible correlations between them. Sensitivity studies demonstrate that the simultaneous analysis of several $B$ meson decay modes results in smaller uncertainties and improved statistical behaviour compared to a combination of standalone measurements.

hep-ph

Performance of the LHCb RICH detector at the LHC

The LHCb experiment has been taking data at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN since the end of 2009. One of its key detector components is the Ring-Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) system. This provides charged particle identification over a wide momentum range, from 2-100 GeV/c. The operation and control software, and online monitoring of the RICH system are described. The particle identification performance is presented, as measured using data from the LHC. Excellent separation of hadronic particle types (pion, kaon and proton) is achieved.

physics.ins-det