Extracting gamma and Penguin Topologies through CP Violation in B_s^0 -> J/psi K_S

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The B_s^0 -> J/psi K_S decay has recently been observed by the CDF collaboration and will be of interest for the LHCb experiment.

• This channel will offer a new tool to extract the angle gamma of the unitarity triangle and to control doubly Cabibbo-suppressed penguin corrections to the determination of sin(2beta) from the well-known B_d^0 -> J/psi K_S mode with the help of the U-spin symmetry of strong interactions.
• While any competitive determination of gamma is interesting, the latter aspect is particularly relevant as LHCb will enter a territory of precision which makes the control of doubly Cabibbo-suppressed Standard-Model corrections mandatory.
• Using the data from CDF and the e^+e^- B factories as a guideline, we explore the sensitivity for gamma and the penguin parameters and point out that the B_s^0-\bar B_s^0 mixing phase phi_s, which is only about -2 deg in the Standard Model but may be enhanced through new physics, is a key parameter for these analyses.