Violation in Mixing
Violation in Mixing
Violation in Mixing
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156 Measurement of Branch<strong>in</strong>g Fractions for � � Ã Ë Ã Ë Decays<br />
Table 6-3. Results of several test fits us<strong>in</strong>g signal Monte Carlo and real data.<br />
sample Æ×�� Æ���<br />
��� Ã Ë Ã Ë MC �� ¦ �� � ¦ �<br />
�� cont<strong>in</strong>uum MC �� ¦ �<br />
Ã Ë Ã Ë MC and �� cont<strong>in</strong>uum MC � �� ¦ �<br />
� Ã Ë Ã Ë MC and �� cont<strong>in</strong>uum MC � �� ¦ �<br />
��<br />
�� �� ¦ �<br />
� off-res � ¦ �<br />
Ã Ë Ã Ë MC and �� cont<strong>in</strong>uum MC �<br />
6.3.2 Test on the maximum likelihood analysis<br />
� on-res lower side-band � ¦ �<br />
�� on-res upper side-band �� ¦ �<br />
Several checks of the fitt<strong>in</strong>g technique were performed before test<strong>in</strong>g the different maximum likelihood<br />
analysis hypotheses. Table 6-3 shows the results of fitt<strong>in</strong>g pure signal Monte Carlo, cont<strong>in</strong>uum Monte<br />
Carlo, off-resonance and on-resonance side-band data. No problems are observed.<br />
We have used a toy Monte Carlo to estimate the � -CL upper limit that can be obta<strong>in</strong>ed assum<strong>in</strong>g 0<br />
signal events. Background candidates are selected randomly from the PDFs for Ñ�Ë, ¡�, and �. The<br />
mean number of background events to be generated is estimated from the on-resonance upper and lower<br />
side-bands and the off-resonance signal band, properly weighted.<br />
The samples generated are then fitted and the result of the fit used to calculate the pulls of the variables to<br />
be extracted from the fit: the left plot <strong>in</strong> Fig. 6-8 shows the pull distribution for the number of background<br />
events. On these samples, we also calculate the � CL upper limit on the Ã Ë Ã Ë yield: the right plot <strong>in</strong><br />
Fig. 6-8 shows the upper limit distribution, whose mean value is 4.4 events that, tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to account the<br />
��� efficiency, becomes an upper limit on the Branch<strong>in</strong>g Ratio:<br />
� � � à à � �� ¡<br />
to be compared with CLEO result: � � � Ã Ã � � ¡ � .<br />
Tab. 6-4 shows the optimization for the � Ó× �Ë� cut and it shows that the upper limit on the achievable<br />
Branch<strong>in</strong>g Ratio is not improv<strong>in</strong>g while tighten<strong>in</strong>g the � Ó× �Ë� cut. This test is done us<strong>in</strong>g the same ¡�<br />
and Ñ�Ë parameterization (from the �� � Ó× �Ë� cut, see Section 6.3.1) and vary<strong>in</strong>g the Fisher one, s<strong>in</strong>ce<br />
we assume no correlation between � Ó× �Ë� and ¡�(Ñ�Ë), while we expect correlation between � Ó× �Ë�<br />
and the Fisher variable.<br />
MARCELLA BONA<br />
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