The CP asymmetry and branching fraction of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa-suppressed decay B+→J/ψπ+ are precisely measured relative to the favored decay B+→J/ψK+ using a sample of proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 fb-1 recorded at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV during 2016-2018. The results of the CP asymmetry difference and branching fraction ratio are ΔACPACP(B+→J/ψπ+)-ACP(B+→J/ψK+)=(1.29±0.49±0.08)×10-2, Rπ/K[B(B+→J/ψπ+)/B(B+→J/ψK+)]=(3.852±0.022±0.018)×10-2, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. A combination with previous LHCb results based on data collected at 7 and 8 TeV in 2011 and 2012 yields ΔACP=(1.42±0.43±0.08)×10-2 and Rπ/K=(3.846±0.018±0.018)×10-2. The combined ΔACP value deviates from zero by 3.2 standard deviations, providing the first evidence for direct CP violation in the amplitudes of beauty decays to charmonium final states. [the LHCb Collaboration]

First Evidence for Direct CP Violation in Beauty to Charmonium Decays / R. Aaij, A. . .A.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 134:10(2025 Mar 12), pp. 101801.1-101801.13. [10.1103/physrevlett.134.101801]

First Evidence for Direct CP Violation in Beauty to Charmonium Decays

S. Cesare;C. Mancuso;D. Marangotto;A. Merli;N. Neri;G. Tonani;Z. Wang;
2025

Abstract

The CP asymmetry and branching fraction of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa-suppressed decay B+→J/ψπ+ are precisely measured relative to the favored decay B+→J/ψK+ using a sample of proton-proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 fb-1 recorded at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV during 2016-2018. The results of the CP asymmetry difference and branching fraction ratio are ΔACPACP(B+→J/ψπ+)-ACP(B+→J/ψK+)=(1.29±0.49±0.08)×10-2, Rπ/K[B(B+→J/ψπ+)/B(B+→J/ψK+)]=(3.852±0.022±0.018)×10-2, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. A combination with previous LHCb results based on data collected at 7 and 8 TeV in 2011 and 2012 yields ΔACP=(1.42±0.43±0.08)×10-2 and Rπ/K=(3.846±0.018±0.018)×10-2. The combined ΔACP value deviates from zero by 3.2 standard deviations, providing the first evidence for direct CP violation in the amplitudes of beauty decays to charmonium final states. [the LHCb Collaboration]
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