The Standard Model confronts CP violation in D0π+πD^0 \to \pi^+\pi^- and D0K+KD^0 \to K^+K^-

Mar, 2012
23 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 05 (2012) 140
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Abstract: (arXiv)
The recently measured direct CP asymmetries in the processes D0π+πD^0\to \pi^+\pi^- and D0K+KD^0\to K^+K^- show a significant deviation from the naive Standard Model expectation. Using a general parameterization of the decay amplitudes, we show that the measured branching ratios imply large SU(3) breaking and large violations of the naive 1/Nc1/N_c counting. Furthermore, rescattering constrains the I=0 amplitudes in the ππ\pi\pi and KKKK channels. Combining all this information, we show that, with present errors, the observed asymmetries are marginally compatible with the Standard Model. Improving the experimental accuracy could lead to an indirect signal of new physics.
Note:
  • 23 pages, 7 figures. v2: references added, final version to appear in JHEP
  • CP: violation
  • asymmetry: CP
  • branching ratio: measured
  • amplitude analysis: parametrization
  • D0: branching ratio
  • expansion 1/N: color
  • pi: pair production
  • K: pair production
  • standard model: validity test
  • new physics