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132 Measurement of Branch<strong>in</strong>g Fractions for � ¦ � Ã � ¦ decays<br />

In the systematic error on the efficiency, we <strong>in</strong>clude a Ó× �Ë cut uncerta<strong>in</strong>ty of which is the difference<br />

between the expected efficiency of �� given from the flat distribution and the efficiency taken from the<br />

signal MC.<br />

In the case of the lifetime significance cut, we varied the cut from � to � ¦ : the difference from the f<strong>in</strong>al<br />

result on the branch<strong>in</strong>g ratio is<br />

��<br />

� . S<strong>in</strong>ce this systematic error is strongly correlated with the correction<br />

on the Ã Ë reconstruction efficiency, which is function of the Ã Ë flight length, we decide to take <strong>in</strong>to account<br />

the largest of the two systematic errors. The error <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the efficiency evaluation is therefore the one<br />

com<strong>in</strong>g from the Ã Ë reconstruction correction which is .<br />

The corrected efficiency is � �� ¦ �� for Ã Ë � channel and � � ¦ �� for Ã Ë Ã .<br />

5.5 Maximum likelihood analysis<br />

We use the unb<strong>in</strong>ned maximum likelihood fit technique described <strong>in</strong> Sec. 4.6 to determ<strong>in</strong>e a total of eight<br />

parameters from the data:<br />

¯ Æ Ë<br />

ÃË� , the number of � � ÃË � decays;<br />

¯ Æ Ë<br />

ÃËÃ , the number of � � ÃËÃ decays;<br />

¯ � Ë<br />

Ã Ë � , the observed asymmetry between � � Ã Ë � and � � Ã Ë � decays, Æ ÃË �<br />

Æ ÃË � � Æ ÃË � Æ Ã Ë � ;<br />

¯ � Ë<br />

Ã Ë Ã , the observed asymmetry between � � Ã Ë Ã and � � Ã Ë Ã decays;<br />

¯ Æ �<br />

ÃË� , the number of background ÃË � candidates;<br />

¯ Æ �<br />

ÃËÃ , the number of background ÃË Ã candidates;<br />

¯ � �<br />

Ã Ë � the observed asymmetry between the number of background Ã Ë � and Ã Ë � candidates;<br />

¯ � �<br />

Ã Ë Ã the observed asymmetry between the number of background Ã Ë Ã and Ã Ë Ã candidates.<br />

The usual four quantities are used <strong>in</strong> the fit to dist<strong>in</strong>guish between the various components: to summarize<br />

¯ Ñ�Ë, the beam energy substituted mass of the � candidate: it is parameterized as an ARGUS<br />

function with � fixed to � for the background and as a Gaussian, with mean and width fixed to<br />

�� � ��� and ���� , respectively, for the signal;<br />

¯ ¡�, the difference between the � candidate’s energy, us<strong>in</strong>g the pion mass for the charged particle,<br />

and Ô ×� : it is parameterized as a Gaussian for the signal and as a second order polynomial for the<br />

background;<br />

MARCELLA BONA

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