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5.5 Maximum likelihood analysis 133<br />

Table 5-3. Summary of functional form of PDFs used <strong>in</strong> the fit and of the sample used to obta<strong>in</strong> them.<br />

The samples <strong>in</strong> parentheses were used as a cross-check or to provide alternate parameterization to evaluate<br />

systematics.<br />

Signal Ñ�Ë Gaussian Ã Ë � MC (� � � � )<br />

Bkg Ñ�Ë ARGUS on-res side-band (off-res, cont MC)<br />

Signal ¡� Gaussian Ã Ë � MC with � � � � scale factor<br />

Bkg ¡� Quadratic cont MC (off-res, on-res side-band)<br />

Signal Fisher Double Gaussian Ã Ë � MC (� � � � )<br />

Bkg Fisher Double Gaussian on-res Ñ�Ë side-band (off-res, cont MC)<br />

Kaon � Gaussian � £ control sample<br />

Pion � Gaussian � £ control sample<br />

¯ �, the value of the Fisher discrim<strong>in</strong>ant for the event: it is parameterized as a double Gaussian for both<br />

background and signal;<br />

¯ � � �ÜÔ , the difference between the � ��Ö�Ò�ÓÚ angle of the � ¦ , measured by the �ÁÊ�, and the<br />

expected � ��Ö�Ò�ÓÚ angle for a particle of that momentum: it is parameterized as a ma<strong>in</strong> Gaussian,<br />

whose width and mean depend on the polar angle of the track, with a satellite peak parameterized by<br />

a second Gaussian with width and mean fixed.<br />

Table 5-3 summarizes the functional form of PDFs and the samples used to obta<strong>in</strong> them.<br />

The likelihood, Ä, for the selected sample is given by the product of the PDFs for each <strong>in</strong>dividual candidate<br />

and a Poisson factor. The quantity Ä � ÐÓ� Ä is m<strong>in</strong>imized, which is equivalent to maximiz<strong>in</strong>g Ä itself,<br />

with respect to the eight fit parameters. The PDF for a given event � is the sum of signal and background<br />

terms:<br />

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Æ Ë<br />

Ã Ë �<br />

Æ<br />

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Ë ÃË� �ÃË� È� �<br />

� Ë<br />

� ÃËà ÃËà È� � �<br />

Ë ÃËà �ÃËà È� where Æ � È � Æ� and �ÃË� is the charge asymmetry def<strong>in</strong>ed as<br />

�ÃË� �<br />

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� �<br />

� �ÃËà ÃËà È� � �<br />

� �ÃËà �ÃËà È� (5.1)<br />

MEASUREMENT OF BRANCHING FRACTIONS FOR � ¦ � Ã � ¦ DECAYS

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