Measurement of D0 - $\bar{D}$0 Mixing With a Time-Dependent Amplitude Analysis of D0 {u2192} K+ ?- ?0

Download or read book Measurement of D0 - $\bar{D}$0 Mixing With a Time-Dependent Amplitude Analysis of D0 {u2192} K+ ?- ?0 written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flavor mixing of neutral mesons is a long and well known phenomenon in particle physics. Experimental evidence of mixing of the neutral kaon was obtained in 1956, followed in 1987 by the evidence of Bd mixing. In 1974, A. Pais and S. B. Treiman firstly introduced the idea of charm mixing and CP violation. Even though many searches were conducted over time, it was clear that the small scale at which both amplitude and frequency of the oscillation took place made any possible observation challenging. In 2007, both the BABAR and Belle experiments announced the first evidence of mixing in the charm sector. The analyses concerned the study of a two body decay of the D0 meson. Few months later, BABAR presented the analysis of the decay D0 → K+?-?0 . This is the main topic of this thesis.