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BABAR_2005_I667017

Helicity angle in $B^0\to D^\mp K^{*\pm}$
Experiment: BABAR (PEP-II)
Inspire ID: 667017
Status: VALIDATED NOHEPDATA
Authors:
  • Peter Richardson
References:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 95 (2005) 171802
Beams: * *
Beam energies: ANY
Run details:
  • Any process producing B0 mesons, originally Upsilon(4S) decays

Measurement of the helicity angle in $B^0\to D^\mp K^{*\pm}$ decays. The efficiency corrected, background subtracted decay were read from figure 3 in the paper.

Source code: BABAR_2005_I667017.cc
 1// -*- C++ -*-
 2#include "Rivet/Analysis.hh"
 3#include "Rivet/Projections/UnstableParticles.hh"
 4#include "Rivet/Projections/DecayedParticles.hh"
 5
 6namespace Rivet {
 7
 8
 9  /// @brief B0 -> D-+ K*+-
10  class BABAR_2005_I667017 : public Analysis {
11  public:
12
13    /// Constructor
14    RIVET_DEFAULT_ANALYSIS_CTOR(BABAR_2005_I667017);
15
16
17    /// @name Analysis methods
18    /// @{
19
20    /// Book histograms and initialise projections before the run
21    void init() {
22      // projection
23      UnstableParticles ufs = UnstableParticles(Cuts::abspid==511);
24      declare(ufs, "UFS");
25      // hists
26      book(_h,1,1,1);
27    }
28
29    bool isK(int pid) const {
30      return pid==130 || pid==310 || pid==311 || pid==321;
31    }
32
33    bool isPi(int pid) const {
34      return pid==211 || pid==111;
35    }
36
37    /// Perform the per-event analysis
38    void analyze(const Event& event) {
39      UnstableParticles ufs = apply<UnstableParticles>(event, "UFS");
40      for(const Particle & B : ufs.particles()) {
41       	if(B.children().size()!=2) continue;
42       	int sign = B.pid()/B.abspid();
43       	Particle Kstar;
44       	if(B.children()[0].pid()==-sign*411 &&
45      	   B.children()[1].pid()== sign*323) {
46	  Kstar = B.children()[1];
47	}
48	else if(B.children()[1].pid()==-sign*411 &&
49		B.children()[0].pid()== sign*323) {
50	  Kstar = B.children()[0];
51	}
52	else
53	  continue;
54      	// find Kstar decay products
55      	Particle KK;
56      	if(isK (Kstar.children()[0].abspid()) &&
57      	   isPi(Kstar.children()[1].abspid())) {
58      	  KK = Kstar.children()[0];
59      	}
60      	else if(isK (Kstar.children()[1].abspid()) &&
61      		isPi(Kstar.children()[0].abspid())) {
62      	  KK = Kstar.children()[1];
63      	}
64      	else
65      	  continue;
66	// boost to B rest frame
67	LorentzTransform boost = LorentzTransform::mkFrameTransformFromBeta(B.momentum().betaVec());
68	FourMomentum pKstar = boost.transform(Kstar.momentum());
69	FourMomentum pK     = boost.transform(KK   .momentum());
70	// kaon helicity angle
71	Vector3 axisX = pKstar.p3().unit();
72	LorentzTransform boostK = LorentzTransform::mkFrameTransformFromBeta(pKstar.betaVec());
73	double cosK =  axisX.dot(boostK.transform(pK).p3().unit());
74      	_h->fill(cosK);
75      }
76    }
77
78
79    /// Normalise histograms etc., after the run
80    void finalize() {
81      normalize(_h,1.,false);
82    }
83
84    /// @}
85
86
87    /// @name Histograms
88    /// @{
89    Histo1DPtr _h;
90    /// @}
91
92
93  };
94
95
96  RIVET_DECLARE_PLUGIN(BABAR_2005_I667017);
97
98}