First measurement of the CKM angle $phi_3$ with $B^{pm}to D(K_{rm S}^0pi^+pi^-pi^0)K^{pm}$ decays


Abstract in English

We present the first model-independent measurement of the CKM unitarity triangle angle $phi_3$ using $B^{pm}to D(K_{rm S}^0pi^+pi^-pi^0)K^{pm}$ decays, where $D$ indicates either a $D^{0}$ or $overline{D}^{0}$ meson. Measurements of the strong-phase difference of the $D to K_{rm S}^0pi^+pi^-pi^0$ amplitude obtained from CLEO-c data are used as input. This analysis is based on the full Belle data set of $772times 10^{6}$ $Boverline{B}$ events collected at the $Upsilon(4S)$ resonance. We obtain $phi_3 = (5.7~^{+10.2}_{-8.8} pm 3.5 pm 5.7)^{circ}$ and the suppressed amplitude ratio $r_{B} = 0.323 pm 0.147 pm 0.023 pm 0.051$. Here the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is the experimental systematic, and the third is due to the precision of the strong-phase parameters measured from CLEO-c data. The 95% confidence interval on $phi_3$ is $(-29.7,~109.5)^{circ}$, which is consistent with the current world average.

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