# Evidence for $D^0-\bar{D]^0$ mixing using the CDF II Detector

Abstract : We measure the time dependence of the ratio of decay rates for the rare decay D0->K+pi- to the Cabibbo-favored decay D0->K-pi+. We use a signal of 12.7 x10^3 D0->K+pi decays with proper decay times between 0.75 and 10 mean D0 lifetimes. The data sample was recorded with the CDF II detector at the Fermilab Tevatron and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 1.5 fb-1 of p-pbar collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV. We search for D0-D0bar mixing and measure the mixing parameters to be Rd = (3.04 +/- 0.55) x10^{-3}, y' = (8.5 +/- 7.6) x10^{-3}, and x'^2 = (-0.12 +/- 0.35) x10^{-3}. We report Bayesian probability contours in the x'^2-y' plane and find that the data are inconsistent with the no-mixing hypothesis with a probability equivalent to 3.8 Gaussian standard deviations.
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### Citation

T. Aaltonen, J. Adelman, T. Akimoto, M.G. Albrow, B. Alvarez Gonzalez, et al.. Evidence for $D^0-\bar{D]^0$ mixing using the CDF II Detector. Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society, 2007, 100, pp.121802. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.121802⟩. ⟨in2p3-00195466⟩

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