Search for CP violation in the decay B0-->D*+/-D-/+

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Nov 12;93(20):201802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.201802. Epub 2004 Nov 9.

Abstract

We report a search for CP-violating asymmetry in B0-->D(*+/-)D-/+ decays. The analysis employs two methods of B0 reconstruction: full and partial. In the full reconstruction method all daughter particles of the B0 are required to be detected; the partial reconstruction technique requires a fully reconstructed D- and only a slow pion from the D(*+)-->D0pi(+)(slow) decay. From a fit to the distribution of the time interval corresponding to the distance between two B meson decay points we calculate the CP-violating parameters and find the significance of nonzero CP asymmetry to be 2.7 standard deviations.