New Methods for Extracting the CKM Angle $\gamma$ using $B^{\pm }\to D^0{K}^{-}$; ${\bar{D}}^0{K}^{-}$

Abstract

In this talk I will discuss the extraction of the CKM angle $\gamma$ at B-factories through the interference of the subprocesses $B^{-}\to K^{-}{D}^0$ and $B^{-}\to K^{-}{\bar{D}}^0$. This seemingly impossible interference may be accomplished by allowing both $D^0$ and ${\bar{D}}^0$ to decay to a common final state. If only CP eigenstate decay modes of the $D$ are considered, the branching ratio for $B^{-}\to {\bar{D}}^0{K}^{-}$ must be experimentally I describe why this determination is likely to be experimentally impossible. On the other hand, if more general $D$ decays are considered, the angle $\gamma$ may then be determined. In fact, it is possible that a reasonable determination of $\gamma$ may be made with O(10^8) B's.

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