%0 Journal Article
%T First Observation of D-0 – (D)over-bar(0) Oscillations in D-0 -> K+pi(-)pi(+)pi(-) Decays and Measurement of the Associated Coherence Parameters
%A LHCb Collaboration (Aaij, R. et al
%A Martinez-Vidal, F.
%A Oyanguren, A.
%A Ruiz Valls, P.
%A Sanchez Mayordomo, C.
%J Physical Review Letters
%D 2016
%V 116
%N 24
%I Amer Physical Soc
%@ 0031-9007
%G English
%F LHCbCollaborationAaij_etal2016
%O WOS:000378059500006
%O exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=2734), last updated on Sat, 16 Jul 2016 11:49:59 +0000
%X Charm meson oscillations are observed in a time-dependent analysis of the ratio of D-0 -> K+pi(-)pi(+)pi(-) to D-0 -> K-pi(+)pi(-)pi(+) decay rates, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb(-1) recorded by the LHCb experiment. The measurements presented are sensitive to the phase-space averaged ratio of doubly Cabibbo-suppressed to Cabibbo-favored amplitudes r(D)(K3 pi) and the product of the coherence factor R-D(K3 pi) and a charm mixing parameter y'(K3 pi). The constraints measured are r(D)(K3 pi) = (5.67 +/- 0.12) x 10(-2), which is the most precise determination to date, and R-D(K3 pi) y'(K3 pi) = (0.3 +/- 1.8) x 10(-3), which provides useful input for determinations of the CP-violating phase gamma in B-+/- -> DK +/-, D -> K--/+pi(+/-)pi(-/+)pi(+/-) decays. The analysis also gives the most precise measurement of the D-0 -> K+pi(-)pi(+)pi(-) branching fraction, and the first observation of D-0-(D) over bar (0) oscillations in this decay mode, with a significance of 8.2 standard deviations.
%R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241801
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1602.07224
%U https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241801
%P 241801 - 10pp