CMS-PAS-BPH-15-002 | ||
Measurement of the $\Lambda_{b}$ polarization and the angular parameters of the decay $\Lambda_{b}\to J/\psi(\mu^{+}\mu^{-}) \Lambda^{0}(p\pi^{-})$ | ||
CMS Collaboration | ||
August 2016 | ||
Abstract: We present a measurement of the $\Lambda_{b}$ polarization based on an angular analysis of the decay $\Lambda_{b}\to J/\psi(\mu^{+}\mu^{-}) \Lambda^{0}(p\pi^{-})$, using data from pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 7 TeV and 8 TeV collected with the CMS detector. A transverse $\Lambda_{b}$ polarization of 0.00 $\pm$ 0.06 (stat) $\pm$ 0.02 (syst) is measured. | ||
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These preliminary results are superseded in this paper, PRD 97 (2018) 072010. The superseded preliminary plots can be found here. |
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Figure 1:
Definition of the angles used to describe the $\Lambda _{b} \rightarrow J/\psi (\rightarrow \mu ^{+}\mu ^{-})\Lambda ^{0}(\rightarrow p\pi ^{-})$ decay. |
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Figure 2:
Distribution of the $p$ vs $\pi $ momentum obtained from the simulation of $\Lambda _{b}\to J/\psi \Lambda (p \pi ^{-})$ (and complex conjugate) decays. Events lie always above the green line, ie., the $p^{+}$ ($p^{-}$) momentum is always greater than $\pi ^{-}$ ($\pi ^{+}$) momentum. |
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Figure 3-a:
Invariant mass distribution of $\Lambda_b$ (a and c) and $\overline{\Lambda}_b$ (b and d) candidates in (a-b) 2011 and (c-d) 2012 samples. The solid blue line represents the fit result. The signal (background) projection is shown with a dashed (dot-dashed) red (blue) line. |
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Figure 3-b:
Invariant mass distribution of $\Lambda_b$ (a and c) and $\overline{\Lambda}_b$ (b and d) candidates in (a-b) 2011 and (c-d) 2012 samples. The solid blue line represents the fit result. The signal (background) projection is shown with a dashed (dot-dashed) red (blue) line. |
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Figure 3-c:
Invariant mass distribution of $\Lambda_b$ (a and c) and $\overline{\Lambda}_b$ (b and d) candidates in (a-b) 2011 and (c-d) 2012 samples. The solid blue line represents the fit result. The signal (background) projection is shown with a dashed (dot-dashed) red (blue) line. |
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Figure 3-d:
Invariant mass distribution of $\Lambda_b$ (a and c) and $\overline{\Lambda}_b$ (b and d) candidates in (a-b) 2011 and (c-d) 2012 samples. The solid blue line represents the fit result. The signal (background) projection is shown with a dashed (dot-dashed) red (blue) line. |
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Figure 4-a:
Angular efficiencies for $\cos\theta _{\Lambda }$, $\cos\theta _{p}$, $\cos\theta _{\mu }$ (from a to c) obtained from simulated $\Lambda _b \rightarrow J/\psi \Lambda ^0$. The angular efficiencies are parametrized with Chebychev polynomials and are fitted simultaneously to the three angular distributions. |
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Figure 4-b:
Angular efficiencies for $\cos\theta _{\Lambda }$, $\cos\theta _{p}$, $\cos\theta _{\mu }$ (from a to c) obtained from simulated $\Lambda _b \rightarrow J/\psi \Lambda ^0$. The angular efficiencies are parametrized with Chebychev polynomials and are fitted simultaneously to the three angular distributions. |
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Figure 4-c:
Angular efficiencies for $\cos\theta _{\Lambda }$, $\cos\theta _{p}$, $\cos\theta _{\mu }$ (from a to c) obtained from simulated $\Lambda _b \rightarrow J/\psi \Lambda ^0$. The angular efficiencies are parametrized with Chebychev polynomials and are fitted simultaneously to the three angular distributions. |
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Figure 5-a:
Angular background distributions obtained from the mass sidebands are shown from left to right for $\cos\theta _{\Lambda }$, $\cos\theta _{p}$ and $\cos\theta _{\mu }$. The solid blue lines are the results of the fits. |
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Figure 5-b:
Angular background distributions obtained from the mass sidebands are shown from left to right for $\cos\theta _{\Lambda }$, $\cos\theta _{p}$ and $\cos\theta _{\mu }$. The solid blue lines are the results of the fits. |
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Figure 5-c:
Angular background distributions obtained from the mass sidebands are shown from left to right for $\cos\theta _{\Lambda }$, $\cos\theta _{p}$ and $\cos\theta _{\mu }$. The solid blue lines are the results of the fits. |
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Figure 6-a:
Distributions of $m(J/\psi \Lambda )$, $\cos\theta _{p}$, $\cos\theta _{\Lambda }$, $\cos\theta _{\mu }$ (from a to d) for $\Lambda _b$ candidates in 2011 and 2012 datasets in $m(J/\psi \Lambda )\in [5.56, 5.68]$, with fit results superimposed. The signal (background) component is shown in red (gray). |
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Figure 6-b:
Distributions of $m(J/\psi \Lambda )$, $\cos\theta _{p}$, $\cos\theta _{\Lambda }$, $\cos\theta _{\mu }$ (from a to d) for $\Lambda _b$ candidates in 2011 and 2012 datasets in $m(J/\psi \Lambda )\in [5.56, 5.68]$, with fit results superimposed. The signal (background) component is shown in red (gray). |
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Figure 6-c:
Distributions of $m(J/\psi \Lambda )$, $\cos\theta _{p}$, $\cos\theta _{\Lambda }$, $\cos\theta _{\mu }$ (from a to d) for $\Lambda _b$ candidates in 2011 and 2012 datasets in $m(J/\psi \Lambda )\in [5.56, 5.68]$, with fit results superimposed. The signal (background) component is shown in red (gray). |
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Figure 6-d:
Distributions of $m(J/\psi \Lambda )$, $\cos\theta _{p}$, $\cos\theta _{\Lambda }$, $\cos\theta _{\mu }$ (from a to d) for $\Lambda _b$ candidates in 2011 and 2012 datasets in $m(J/\psi \Lambda )\in [5.56, 5.68]$, with fit results superimposed. The signal (background) component is shown in red (gray). |
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Figure 7-a:
Distributions of $m(J/\psi \overline{\Lambda })$, $\cos\theta _{p}$, $\cos\theta _{\Lambda }$, $\cos\theta _{\mu }$ (from a to d) for $\overline{\Lambda }_b$ candidates in 2011 and 2012 datasets in $m(J/\psi \overline{\Lambda })\in [5.56, 5.68]$, with fit results superimposed. The signal (background) component is shown in red (gray). |
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Figure 7-b:
Distributions of $m(J/\psi \overline{\Lambda })$, $\cos\theta _{p}$, $\cos\theta _{\Lambda }$, $\cos\theta _{\mu }$ (from a to d) for $\overline{\Lambda }_b$ candidates in 2011 and 2012 datasets in $m(J/\psi \overline{\Lambda })\in [5.56, 5.68]$, with fit results superimposed. The signal (background) component is shown in red (gray). |
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Figure 7-c:
Distributions of $m(J/\psi \overline{\Lambda })$, $\cos\theta _{p}$, $\cos\theta _{\Lambda }$, $\cos\theta _{\mu }$ (from a to d) for $\overline{\Lambda }_b$ candidates in 2011 and 2012 datasets in $m(J/\psi \overline{\Lambda })\in [5.56, 5.68]$, with fit results superimposed. The signal (background) component is shown in red (gray). |
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Figure 7-d:
Distributions of $m(J/\psi \overline{\Lambda })$, $\cos\theta _{p}$, $\cos\theta _{\Lambda }$, $\cos\theta _{\mu }$ (from a to d) for $\overline{\Lambda }_b$ candidates in 2011 and 2012 datasets in $m(J/\psi \overline{\Lambda })\in [5.56, 5.68]$, with fit results superimposed. The signal (background) component is shown in red (gray). |
Tables | |
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Table 1:
Functions describing the angular distribution of the decay $\Lambda _{b} \rightarrow J/\psi \Lambda ^{0}$, $J/\psi \rightarrow \mu ^+ \mu ^-$, $\Lambda ^{0} \rightarrow p \pi ^-$. |
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Table 2:
Correlation Matrix of the fitted parameters. |
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Table 3:
Summary of systematic uncertainties. |
Summary |
Based on an angular analysis of about 6000 $\Lambda_b \rightarrow J/\psi(\rightarrow\mu^{+}\mu^{-})\Lambda(\rightarrow p\pi^{-})$ decays collected by the CMS experiment in 2011 and 2012, we perform a measurement of the $\Lambda_b$ polarization ($P$), the weak asymmetry parameter of the $\Lambda_b$ decay ($\alpha_1$), the $\Lambda^0$ longitudinal polarization ($\alpha_2$), and a measure of the longitudinal/transverse composition of the $J/\psi$ meson ($\gamma_0$). The measured values are |
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