Probing new physics in B ---> f0 (980) K decays

Aug, 2006
16 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 74 (2006) 114001
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Abstract:
We study the hadronic decay modes B±(0)f0(980)K±(0)B^{\pm(0)} \to f_0(980) K^{\pm(0)} , involving a scalar and a pseudoscalar meson in the final state. These decay modes are dominated by the loop induced bsqˉq(q=s,u,d) b \to s \bar q q(q=s,u,d) penguins along with a small bu b \to u tree level transition (for B+f0K+B^+ \to f_0 K^+) and annihilation diagrams. Therefore, the standard model expectation of direct CP violation is negligibly small and the mixing induced CP violation parameter in the mode B0f0KSB^0 \to f_0 K_S is expected to give the same value of sin(2β)\sin(2\beta), as extracted from B0J/ψKSB^0 \to J/\psi K_S but with opposite sign. Using the generalized factorization approach we find the direct CP violation in the decay mode B+f0K+B^+ \to f_0 K^+ to be of the order of few percent. We then study the effect of the R-parity violating supersymmetric model and show that the direct CP violating asymmetry in B+f0(980)K+B^+ \to f_0(980) K^+ could be as large as 80\sim 80 % and the mixing induced CP asymmetry in B0f0KSB^0 \to f_0 K_S (i.e., Sf0KS-S_{f_0 K_S}) could deviate significantly from that of sin(2β)J/ψKS\sin(2 \beta)_{J/\psi K_S}.
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  • 11.30.Er
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  • B: hadronic decay
  • f0(980)
  • pseudoscalar meson
  • scalar meson
  • Feynman graph: penguin
  • new interaction
  • CP: violation