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1 Chapter 1 Particle Physics 1.1 Fundamental Particles Current knowledge tells us that matter is made of fundamental particle called fermions, which are spin 1 particles. Our world is composed of two kinds of fermions: leptons and quarks. Both of these can be grouped into three families. Electron and the electron neutrino, ν e, make up the first family, whereas µ, τ and their associated neutrinos, ν µ,ν τ, compose the second and third family, respectively, for leptons. Each family is an identical copy of each other, except with different masses. νe e νµ µ ντ τ We also have six kinds of quarks. As is the case for leptons, these six quarks are also grouped into three families. 1

2 Table 1.1: Charge, Mass and Isospin of the Six Leptons. Lepton Symbol Charge Mass Mev/c weak isospin electron e / muon µ / tau τ / electron neutrino ν e 0 < / muon neutrino ν µ 0 < 0.7-1/ tau neutrino ν τ 0 < 31-1/ Table 1.: Charge, Mass and Isospin of the Six Quarks. Quark Symbol Charge Mass Gev/c Up u / Down d -1/ Charm c /3 0.3 Strange s -1/3 1.3 Beauty b /3 4.8 Top t -1/3 174 u d c s t b The masses and charges of the fermions can be summarized in Table 1.1 for leptons and in Table 1.1 for quarks. 99% of our world is made up of leptons and quarks in the first family. Leptons and quarks in the second and third families are largely produced at machines built for high energy experiments.

3 Table 1.3: Table of the Four Fundamental Forces Force Boson Symbol Charge Mass Gev/c Gravitation graviton g 0 0 Electromagnetic photon γ 0 0 Weak W W ± ± Z Z Strong Gluon g 0 0 Table 1.4: Theory Corresponds to the Four Fundamental Forces Force theory source typical lifetime Gravitation general relativity Masses Electro-magnetic Quantum Electrodynamics electric charge 10 6 Weak Quantum Flavor-dynamics Weak charge 10 8 Strong Quantum Chromodynamics color charge Fundamental Forces These fundamental particles interact with each other by exchanging intermediate vector bosons, field quanta with integral spin. Such processes give rise to the fundamental forces. Our understanding is that we have four kinds of fundamental forces: two long range interactions: gravitational and electromagnetic forces; and two forces with short range: weak and strong interactions. There is a physical theory to each of those forces. The theory describing gravitation is Einstein s General Theory of Relativity. A completely satisfactory quantum theory of gravity has not yet been worked out, and it is too weak to account for any important effects in particle physics. The electromagnetic, weak and strong forces account for the interactions in particle physics. The character of the field quanta in the four forces is summarized in Table 1.. In Table 1. we list the corresponding theories to describe them. 3

4 The fundamental particles described in the previous section experience different forces according to what kinds of charges they carry. The quarks are subject to electromagnetic, weak, and strong interactions. The e,µ, andτ leptons are involved in both the electromagnetic and weak interactions, while the neutrinos, ν e,ν µ,ν τ, interact only through the weak interaction. 1.3 Standard Model The Standard Model SM provides a general description of fundamental particles and forces in a way that is accessible with modern high energy physics experiments. The theory is based on the gauge group, SU3 color SU L U1 Y electroweak. The quarks and leptons are grouped into left-handed weak isospin doublets and right-handed singlets. νe e, L νµ µ, L ντ τ,e R,µ R,τ R L u d, L c s L, t b,u R,c R,t R,d R,s R,b R L Each of the d, s and b is the combination of d, s, b quark states and will be explained in the next section. The SU L U1 Y portion of the gauge group introduces four massless gauge bosons: Wµ,W 1 µ,w µ 3 for SU L, B µ for U1 Y. The four gauge bosons coupled with a scalar Higgs field through a spontaneous symmetry breaking mechanism to become the massive W +,W,Z 0 bosons and a massless γ. The relationships between the four massless field quanta and the intermediate vector bosons are: 4

5 W ± µ = 1 W 1 µ ± iw µ Z µ = W 3 µcosθ w B µ sinθ W A µ = W 3 µsinθ w + B µ cosθ W The θ W is the Weinberg Angle in electroweak theory, which relates electromagnetic coupling and weak coupling strength. θ W is about 8.7 [3]. The dynamics of the interacting particles can be described in the Standard Model Lagrangian: L total = L f d + Lb d + L f,h cp + L b,h cp + L f int where: L f d is the dynamic term of the fermions. For example: fγ µ µ f L. L b d is the dynamic term of the gauge vector bosons: W ± µ,z 0,γ. For example: 1 4 W µν W µν 1 4 B µνb µν. L f,h cp is the fermions coupling with Higgs to give fermions mass. For example: G 1 LφR+ G Lφc R + h.c. L b,h cp is the vector boson-higgs coupling term which gives gauge bosons mass. For example: ı µ g 1 τ W µ g Y B µφ V φ. L f int is the interaction term for the fermions coupled with the intermediate vector bosons and/or the colored gluons. For example, fl γ µ ı µ g 1 τ W µ g Y B µf L. 5

6 We are interested in the interaction term, L f int, which gives the strong and electroweak interactions: L f int = L ew int + L strong int L ew int = L ec int + Lcc int + Lnc int where, L ew int is the Lagrangian for electroweak interaction. L em int is the electromagnetic current Lagrangian. L cc int L nc int is the weak charge current interacting Lagrangian. is the weak neutral current interacting Lagrangian. L strong int is the strong color force Lagrangian. The individual form of those interacting Lagrangian can be written as follows: L em int = L cc int = L nc int = f=l,q L st int = g 3 eq f fγ µ fa µ e sinθ w [ f=l,q Lγ µ LW + µ +Hermition.Conjugate] e [ f sinθ w cosθ L γ µ f L Tf 3 Q f sin θ w + f R γ µ f R Q f sin θ w ]Z µ w f=l,q f α γ µ λ a αβf β G a µ f=q 6

7 1.4 Weak Interaction Weak Interaction is the primary reason why we divide these fundamental particle species into three families for leptons and quarks. The lepton generations were grouped in the way that its three families are orthogonal to each other in weak eigenspace. There is no weak interaction involving leptons from different families under current experimental limits. However, weak eigenspace and strong eigenspace does not coincide with each other. For the case of the quarks, which not only interact weakly but also experience the strong interaction, such effects lead to the phenomenon that a quark could decay into another quark in another family through weak interaction. This is not seen in leptons. The reason for quark crossfamily decay is that quarks were grouped as an eigenvector in the strong Hamiltonian, H strong, but not in the weak Hamiltonian, H weak, where [H strong,h weak ] does not commute. For this purpose, a matrix materializing the cross-family quark decays called the Cabibbo- Kobayashi-Maskawa CKM Matrix is devised. The d, s,b in our previous section can be written: d s b = V CKM d s b The V CKM is: V CKM = V ud V us V ub V cd V cs V cb V td V ts V tb The CKM matrix can be parameterized in terms of the four rotation angle θ 1,θ,θ 3 and δ as: V CKM = c 1 c 3 s 1 s 1 s 3 s 1 c c 1 c c 3 s s 3 e iδ c 1 c s 3 + c 3 s e iδ s 1 s c 1 c 3 s c s 3 e iδ c 1 s s 3 + c c 3 e iδ where c i = cosθ i, s i = sinθ i [1] and the phase, δ, is within the range 0 - π. A popular approximation to the CKM matrix is given by Wolfenstein [] in the following: 7

8 1 λ λ Aλ 3 ρ iη V CKM = λ 1 λ Aλ Aλ 3 1 ρ iη Aλ 1 The strength of the quark coupling between generations can be understood in terms of the power of λ 0.. As can be seen from above, the coupling strengths for quark mixing in the 1 st nd, nd 3 rd and 1 st 3 rd families are given by λ, λ,λ 3, respectively. Assuming the unitarity of CKM matrix, the measured values of the elements within the CKM matrix up to date are [3]: V CKM = The electroweak interaction Hamiltonian H int can be obtained through the weak interaction Lagrangian terms, L cc int and L nc int, as follows: H W int = LW int 0 φ 0 φ L W int H W int = H cc int + H nc int. where, H cc int = i g J µ W + µ + J µ W µ g Hint nc = i φf cosθ w γ µ [ 1 1 γ5 T 3 sin θ w Q]φ f Z µ The charged current in leptonic sector, J µ lepton, can be written as: νe ν µ ν 1 τ γµ 1 γ 5 8 e µ τ

9 γ f e _ d Z 0 f _ W _ ν _ e u _ a. Neutral Current b. Charged Current Figure 1.1: The Electroweak currents The charged current for quarks is similar, except for the additional factor of V CKM. J µ quark is: ū c t 1 γµ 1 γ 5 V CKM d s b Figure 1.1 shows the electroweak currents. Figure 1.1a shows the photon and Z boson carrying the neutral current between a fermion and its anti-fermion. Figure 1.1b demonstrates the W boson as the charged current carrier. We are studying the charged weak current in this analysis. 9

10 5 σ e + e - Hadronsnb ϒ1S ϒS ϒ3S ϒ4S Mass GeV/c B Meson Figure 1.: The cross section of Υ1S to Υ4S state The b quark was discovered in 1977 where the narrow Υ1S resonance, a b b state, was detected [6, 7] at Fermilab by the Columbia-Fermilab-Stony Brook collaboration. The B meson was discovered through the establishment of the Υ4S resonance J pc =1 in CLEO [8] and CUSB [9] collaboration at CESR storage ring. Its charge assignment favored 1/3. With the discovery of the τ lepton in 1975 [10, 11], the quark content within the Υ resonance was assigned as the bottom quark. The Υ4S sits right above the mass threshold of the two lightest B mesons: B0 b d and B bū. In addition to Υ4S, there are other b b resonances bottomonion from e + e collisions at lower energy regions: Υ1S, ΥS andυ3s. In Figure 1. we can see the cross section of the different Υ1S toυ4s states. 10

11 Υ4S has a broader resonance compared with other lower Υ resonant states. This is the sign of B meson production that is not existent from Υ1S toυ3s. B mesons are produced in pairs in Υ4S decay. The mass spectrum of B meson can be seen at Figure 1.3. Besides B 0 d and B+ u mesons, b quark can combine with a heavier anti-quark or vice versa to form other kinds of B meson. Bs meson, a b s quark-anti-quark pair, has been discovered at a higher energy experiment at LEP [4]. Up to now, B c meson, a b c quark pair, has not yet been seen. The following discussion will focus on B 0 and B produced at the CLEO experiment. In CLEO, B meson pairs are produced at the Υ4S resonance from the collision of e + e at center-of-mass energy GeV/c. e + e γ Υ4S B 0 B 0,B B + Under the Υ4S energy region, there are other processes in addition to the B meson production. It can also decay into other lighter quark-antiquark pair: e + e γ c c, s s, d d, uū The above production is referred as continuum. CLEO runs the experiment approximately /3 of its time atop the Υ4S energyregionon resonance and 1/3 of its time at an energy about 60 MeV below the resonance Off resonance to simulate the continuum production. B mesons can decay through the weak interaction of the b quark: b cw or a more suppressed b uw channel. We will discuss some of these findings in the next chapter. 11

12 Figure 1.3: The B meson mass spectrum 1

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