13–17 Aug 2013
University of California, Santa Cruz
US/Pacific timezone

Review of charmless three-body decays of b-hadrons

15 Aug 2013, 11:00
30m
College 9/10 Multipurpose Room (University of California, Santa Cruz)

College 9/10 Multipurpose Room

University of California, Santa Cruz

oral presentation Quark and Lepton Flavor Physics Quark and Lepton Flavor Physics

Speaker

Dr Thomas Latham (University of Warwick)

Description

To test for physics beyond the Standard Model it is vitally important to make precise measurements of direct and mixing-induced CP-violating observables in as many different quark-level transitions as possible. Charmless three-body B decays provide an excellent laboratory in which to make such measurements in loop-dominated decays. Extra sensitivity can also be gained from performing amplitude analyses, which allow measurements of the relative phases of the intermediate processes as well as their magnitudes. We present a review of recent results from studies of charmless 3-body decays of b-hadrons, including direct CP violation measurements in charged B decays and the first measurements of Lambda_b decays to such final states.
APS member ID ST693216

Primary author

Dr Thomas Latham (University of Warwick)

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