Rivet analyses
Measurement of τ polarization in the decay B → D*τ+ντ
Experiment: BELLE (KEKB)
Inspire ID: 1621272
Status: VALIDATED
Authors: - Peter Richardson
References: - Phys.Rev.D 97 (2018) 1, 012004
Beams: * *
Beam energies: ANY
Run details: - Any process producing B mesons, original e+e- at the Upsilon(4S)
Measurement of τ polarization in the decay B → D*τ+ντ decays by the BELLE collaboration.
Source
code:BELLE_2018_I1621272.cc
// -*- C++ -*-
#include "Rivet/Analysis.hh"
#include "Rivet/Projections/UnstableParticles.hh"
namespace Rivet {
/// @brief tau polarization in B -> D* tau nu_tau
class BELLE_2018_I1621272 : public Analysis {
public:
/// Constructor
RIVET_DEFAULT_ANALYSIS_CTOR(BELLE_2018_I1621272);
/// @name Analysis methods
/// @{
/// Book histograms and initialise projections before the run
void init() {
// Initialise and register projections
declare(UnstableParticles(), "UFS");
// Book histograms
book(_h_pi, "/TMP/PI", 20, -1., 1.);
book(_h_rho, "/TMP/RHO", 20, -1., 1.);
}
void findChildren(const Particle& p,
int& sign,
unsigned int& nprod,
Particles& Dstar,
Particles& tau,
Particles& nu) {
for (const Particle& child : p.children()) {
if (child.pid() == -sign * 413 || child.pid() == -sign * 423) {
++nprod;
Dstar.push_back(child);
}
else if (child.pid() == -sign * 15) {
++nprod;
tau.push_back(child);
}
else if (child.pid() == sign * 16) {
++nprod;
nu.push_back(child);
}
else if (child.pid() == 22)
continue;
else if (child.children().empty() || child.pid() == 111 || child.pid() == 221 || child.pid() == 331) {
++nprod;
}
else {
findChildren(child, sign, nprod, Dstar, tau, nu);
}
}
}
void findTau(const Particle& p,
int& sign,
unsigned int& nprod,
Particles& piP,
Particles& pi0,
Particles& nu) {
for (const Particle& child : p.children()) {
if (child.pid() == 111) {
++nprod;
pi0.push_back(child);
}
else if (child.pid() == sign * 211) {
++nprod;
piP.push_back(child);
}
else if (child.pid() == -sign * 16) {
++nprod;
nu.push_back(child);
}
else if (child.pid() == 22)
continue;
else if (child.children().empty() || child.pid() == 221 || child.pid() == 331) {
++nprod;
}
else {
findTau(child, sign, nprod, piP, pi0, nu);
}
}
}
/// Perform the per-event analysis
void analyze(const Event& event) {
// Loop over B0 mesons
for (const Particle& p : apply<UnstableParticles>(event, "UFS")
.particles(Cuts::abspid == PID::B0 or Cuts::abspid == PID::BPLUS)) {
// find the B decay
int sign = p.pid() / p.abspid();
unsigned int nprod = 0;
Particles Dstar, tau, nu;
findChildren(p, sign, nprod, Dstar, tau, nu);
if (nprod != 3 || Dstar.size() != 1 || tau.size() != 1 || nu.size() != 1) continue;
// check decay
if (p.pid() == PID::B0) {
if (Dstar[0].pid() != -sign * 413) vetoEvent;
}
else if (p.pid() == PID::BPLUS) {
if (Dstar[0].pid() != -sign * 423) vetoEvent;
}
// find the tau decay
nprod = 0;
nu.clear();
Particles piP, pi0;
findTau(tau[0], sign, nprod, piP, pi0, nu);
if (nu.size() != 1) continue;
LorentzTransform boost1 = LorentzTransform::mkFrameTransformFromBeta(p.momentum().betaVec());
FourMomentum ptau = boost1.transform(tau[0].momentum());
LorentzTransform boost2 = LorentzTransform::mkFrameTransformFromBeta(ptau.betaVec());
// pion mode
if (nprod == 2 && piP.size() == 1) {
FourMomentum pPi = boost2.transform(boost1.transform(piP[0].momentum()));
double cTheta = pPi.p3().unit().dot(ptau.p3().unit());
_h_pi->fill(cTheta);
}
// rho mode
else if (nprod == 3 && piP.size() == 1 && pi0.size() == 1) {
FourMomentum pRho = boost2.transform(boost1.transform(piP[0].momentum() + pi0[0].momentum()));
double cTheta = pRho.p3().unit().dot(ptau.p3().unit());
_h_rho->fill(cTheta);
}
}
}
pair<double, double> calcAlpha(Histo1DPtr hist) {
if (hist->numEntries() == 0.) return make_pair(0., 0.);
double sum1(0.), sum2(0.);
for (auto& bin : hist->bins()) {
double Oi = bin.sumW();
if (Oi == 0.) continue;
double ai = 0.5 * (bin.xMax() - bin.xMin());
double bi = 0.5 * ai * (bin.xMax() + bin.xMin());
double Ei = bin.errW();
sum1 += sqr(bi / Ei);
sum2 += bi / sqr(Ei) * (Oi - ai);
}
return make_pair(sum2 / sum1, sqrt(1. / sum1));
}
/// Normalise histograms etc., after the run
void finalize() {
normalize(_h_pi);
normalize(_h_rho);
// the polarization
Estimate0DPtr _h_alpha;
book(_h_alpha, 1, 1, 2);
pair<double, double> alpha_pi = calcAlpha(_h_pi);
pair<double, double> alpha_rho = calcAlpha(_h_rho);
// 0.45 factor for rho
alpha_rho.first /= 0.46;
alpha_rho.second /= 0.46;
pair<double, double> alpha;
alpha.first = (alpha_pi.first * sqr(alpha_rho.second) + alpha_rho.first * sqr(alpha_pi.second))
/ (sqr(alpha_pi.second) + sqr(alpha_rho.second));
alpha.second = alpha_pi.second * alpha_rho.second / sqrt(sqr(alpha_pi.second) + sqr(alpha_rho.second));
_h_alpha->set(alpha.first, alpha.second);
}
/// @}
/// @name Histograms
/// @{
Histo1DPtr _h_pi, _h_rho;
/// @}
};
RIVET_DECLARE_PLUGIN(BELLE_2018_I1621272);
}