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162 Measurement of Branch<strong>in</strong>g Fractions for � � Ã Ë Ã Ë Decays<br />

Other sources of systematics <strong>in</strong> the branch<strong>in</strong>g fraction measurement come from the efficiency, ( ���¦��� )<br />

contribut<strong>in</strong>g with a systematic effect, and the number of � decays ( ��� ¦ �� ×Ø�Ø� ¦<br />

� �� ×Ý×� ) add<strong>in</strong>g a �� systematic error.<br />

6.6.2 Cross-check: the count<strong>in</strong>g analysis<br />

We also performed the count<strong>in</strong>g analysis as a further cross check. A cut on the Fisher discrim<strong>in</strong>ant � is used<br />

to suppress ÕÕ background.<br />

The optimal set of cuts has been chosen with the 2-dimensional optimization described <strong>in</strong> Section 6.4: from<br />

table 6-5 we choose to use the first set of cuts which is giv<strong>in</strong>g one of the best upper limits and the � Ó× �Ë�<br />

cut at the value of �� is consistent with the one used <strong>in</strong> the maximum likelihood method analysis. The<br />

overall efficiency, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g these cuts, is ���¦ � , while the efficiency corrected with all the contributions<br />

described <strong>in</strong> Section 6.2.1 comes out to be ��� ¦ � .<br />

We estimate a number Æ� of background events of �� ¦ �� <strong>in</strong> the signal box with �¡�� � � ��Î :on<br />

Run1 dataset we f<strong>in</strong>d events <strong>in</strong> the signal box. Us<strong>in</strong>g the Feldman-Cous<strong>in</strong>s tables [64], we f<strong>in</strong>d the upper<br />

limit on the yield to be � events.<br />

Systematics <strong>in</strong>clude the errors on the efficiency (evaluated <strong>in</strong> Section 6.2.1) and on Æ �� : the Fisher cut<br />

variation systematic has to be added <strong>in</strong> this case. We moved the Fisher cut from � down to �� and<br />

up to � and recorded the branch<strong>in</strong>g ratio upper limit variations. We get � systematic error from this<br />

Fisher cut variation.<br />

Tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to account the relative efficiency and the errors, this result from the cut analysis is <strong>in</strong> good<br />

agreement with the nom<strong>in</strong>al results (see Section 6.7).<br />

6.7 Determ<strong>in</strong>ation of the branch<strong>in</strong>g fraction<br />

We have found good agreement between the count<strong>in</strong>g analysis and the global likelihood fit signal yields.<br />

The branch<strong>in</strong>g fraction � is def<strong>in</strong>ed as<br />

�Ê � � à à � �Ê Ã Ã � ÃË Ã Ë ¡ �Ê Ã Ë � � �<br />

ÆË<br />

� (6.1)<br />

¯ ¡ Æ�� where ÆË is the central value from the fit, ¯ is the total Ã Ë Ã Ë selection efficiency, Æ �� � ���¦ � � ¢<br />

� is the total number of �� pairs <strong>in</strong> the dataset and �Ê ÃË � � � � ���� [14]. We assume the<br />

Standard Model prediction that � � Ã Ë Ã Ë proceeds through the à à <strong>in</strong>termediate state (as opposed<br />

to à à or à à ) and use �Ê Ã Ã � Ã Ë Ã Ë � ��. 1 Implicit <strong>in</strong> Eq. 6.1 is the assumption of equal<br />

branch<strong>in</strong>g fractions for § �Ë � � � and § �Ë � � � .<br />

1 S<strong>in</strong>ce �È violation affects <strong>in</strong> the neutral à system have been measured to be so small (¯ � � ) that they can be neglected,<br />

assum<strong>in</strong>g conservation of angular momentum and �ÈÌ <strong>in</strong>variance, the decay � � à à � à ËÃ Ä is forbidden.<br />

MARCELLA BONA

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