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Search for violations of Lorentz invariance and CPT symmetry in Bs^0 mixing.

Abstract:
Violations of CPT symmetry and Lorentz invariance are searched for by studying interference effects in B^0 mixing and in Bs^0 mixing. Samples of B^0 → J/ψKS^0 and Bs^0 → J/ψK^+K^- decays are recorded by the LHCb detector in proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3 fb^-1. No periodic variations of the particle-antiparticle mass differences are found, consistent with Lorentz invariance and CPT symmetry. Results are expressed in terms of the standard model extension parameter Δaμ with precisions of O(10^-15) and O(10^-14)  GeV for the B^0 and Bs^0 systems, respectively. With no assumption on Lorentz (non)invariance, the CPT-violating parameter z in the Bs^0 system is measured for the first time and found to be Re(z) = -0.022 ± 0.033 ± 0.005 and Im(z) = 0.004 ± 0.011 ± 0.002, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic.
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241601

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University of Oxford
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MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Particle Physics
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Institution:
University of Oxford
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MPLS
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Physics
Sub department:
Particle Physics
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Particle Physics
Role:
Author
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Particle Physics
Role:
Author
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Particle Physics
Role:
Author



Publisher:
American Physical Society
Journal:
Physical Review Letters More from this journal
Volume:
116
Issue:
24
Pages:
241601
Publication date:
2016-05-01
Acceptance date:
2016-05-24
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ISSN:
0031-9007 and 1079-7114
Pmid:
27367382


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English
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pubs:611977
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611977
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2016-11-02

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