Improved sensitivity to the CKM phase γ through binning phase space in B− → DK−, D → K+π−π−π+ decays

A binning scheme is proposed for D→K+π−π−π+ phase space that will improve the sensitivity of a B−→DK− analysis to the angle γ of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa Unitarity Triangle. The scheme makes use of amplitude models recently reported by the LHCb collaboration. Assuming that a four-bin scheme optimised on the models retains a similar sensitivity when applied in data, it is estimated that the statistical uncertainty on γ from the B-meson sample so far collected by the LHCb experiment will be as low as 5 degrees. This will be one of the most precise results available for any single decay mode in a B−→DK− measurement. Quantum-correlated DD¯ data accumulated by the CLEO-c experiment are analysed to provide first constraints on the coherence factors and average strong-phase differences in the four bins, which are necessary inputs for the measurement. These constraints are compared with the predictions of the model, and consequences for the measurement of γ are discussed.