Rivet analyses
Helicity angles in B → J/ψK*
Experiment: ARGUS (DORIS)
Inspire ID: 376001
Status: VALIDATED NOHEPDATA
Authors: - Peter Richardson
References: - Phys.Lett.B 340 (1994) 217-220
Beams: * *
Beam energies: ANY
Run details: - Any process producing B mesons, originally Upsilon(4S) decay
Measurement of the K* and J/ψ helicity angles in the charmonium decay for B → J/ψK*. The data were read from Figure 2 in the paper which are background subtracted and corrected for efficiency/acceptance.
Source
code:ARGUS_1994_I376001.cc
// -*- C++ -*-
#include "Rivet/Analysis.hh"
#include "Rivet/Projections/UnstableParticles.hh"
namespace Rivet {
/// @brief B -> J/psi K*
class ARGUS_1994_I376001 : public Analysis {
public:
/// Constructor
RIVET_DEFAULT_ANALYSIS_CTOR(ARGUS_1994_I376001);
/// @name Analysis methods
/// @{
/// Book histograms and initialise projections before the run
void init() {
// Initialise and register projections
UnstableParticles ufs = UnstableParticles(Cuts::abspid == 511 || Cuts::abspid == 521);
declare(ufs, "UFS");
// histograms
for (unsigned int iz = 0; iz < 2; ++iz) {
book(_h[iz], 1, 1, 1 + iz);
}
}
bool isKstar(int pid) const {
return pid == 313 || pid == 323;
}
bool isK(int pid) const {
return pid == 130 || pid == 310 || pid == 311 || pid == 321;
}
bool isPi(int pid) const {
return pid == 211 || pid == 111;
}
/// Perform the per-event analysis
void analyze(const Event& event) {
UnstableParticles ufs = apply<UnstableParticles>(event, "UFS");
for (const Particle& B : ufs.particles()) {
if (B.children().size() != 2) continue;
Particle jPsi, Kstar;
if (B.children()[0].pid() == 443 && isKstar(B.children()[1].abspid())) {
jPsi = B.children()[0];
Kstar = B.children()[1];
}
else if (B.children()[1].pid() == 443 && isKstar(B.children()[0].abspid())) {
jPsi = B.children()[1];
Kstar = B.children()[0];
}
else {
continue;
}
if (jPsi.children().size() != 2) continue;
// find Kstar decay products
Particle K;
if (isK(Kstar.children()[0].abspid()) && isPi(Kstar.children()[1].abspid())) {
K = Kstar.children()[0];
}
else if (isK(Kstar.children()[1].abspid()) && isPi(Kstar.children()[0].abspid())) {
K = Kstar.children()[1];
}
else {
continue;
}
// find jPsi decay products
Particle oDec;
if (jPsi.children()[0].pid() == -13 && jPsi.children()[1].pid() == 13) {
oDec = jPsi.children()[1];
}
else if (jPsi.children()[1].pid() == -13 && jPsi.children()[0].pid() == 13) {
oDec = jPsi.children()[0];
}
else if (jPsi.children()[0].pid() == -11 && jPsi.children()[1].pid() == 11) {
oDec = jPsi.children()[1];
}
else if (jPsi.children()[1].pid() == -11 && jPsi.children()[0].pid() == 11) {
oDec = jPsi.children()[0];
}
else {
continue;
}
// boost to B rest frame
LorentzTransform boost = LorentzTransform::mkFrameTransformFromBeta(B.mom().betaVec());
FourMomentum pJPsi = boost.transform(jPsi.mom());
FourMomentum pKstar = boost.transform(Kstar.mom());
FourMomentum pK = boost.transform(K.mom());
FourMomentum pOdec = boost.transform(oDec.mom());
// axes
Vector3 axisX = pJPsi.p3().unit();
Vector3 axisY = (pK.p3() - axisX.dot(pK.p3()) * axisX).unit();
Vector3 axisZ = axisX.cross(axisY).unit();
// kaon helicity angle
LorentzTransform boostK = LorentzTransform::mkFrameTransformFromBeta(pKstar.betaVec());
double cosK = -axisX.dot(boostK.transform(pK).p3().unit());
// transversality angles
LorentzTransform boostL = LorentzTransform::mkFrameTransformFromBeta(pJPsi.betaVec());
Vector3 axisL = boostL.transform(pOdec).p3().unit();
double cosL = axisL.dot(axisZ);
// fill hists
_h[0]->fill(cosL);
_h[1]->fill(cosK);
}
}
/// Normalise histograms etc., after the run
void finalize() {
normalize(_h, 1.0, false);
}
/// @}
/// @name Histograms
/// @{
Histo1DPtr _h[2];
/// @}
};
RIVET_DECLARE_PLUGIN(ARGUS_1994_I376001);
}