Comprehensive study of B0K0(K0)Kπ±\overline B^0\to K^0(\overline K^0) K^\mp\pi^\pm decays in the factorization approach

Feb 24, 2014
8 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.D 89 (2014) 9, 094007
  • Published: May 8, 2014
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Abstract: (APS)

Using the factorization approach, we investigate the B¯0K¯0K+π- and B¯0K0K-π+ decays individually including the resonant and nonresonant contributions. Under the flavor SU(3) symmetry, we obtain the total branching fraction BR[B¯0(K¯0K+π-+K0K-π+)]=(7.17-0.53-1.42-0.07+0.50+1.97+0.08)×10-6, which is in agreement with the recent measurements of BABAR and LHCb within errors. For the decay B¯0K¯0K+π-, the nonresonant background and a0+(1450) pole in the current-induced process provide a large contribution, the latter of which has not been included in previous studies. On the contrary, the decay B¯0K0K-π+ is dominated by the nonresonant background and the off-shell ρ- pole. When the flavor SU(3) symmetry breaking and the final-state rescattering are considered under two different scenarios, the results can also accommodate the experimental data with large uncertainties. Moreover, the direct CP asymmetry of B¯0K¯0K+π- is found to be sensitive to the matrix element of scalar density. These predictions could be further tested in the LHCb experiment or Super-b factory in the future.

Note:
  • 11 pages, 2 figures
  • 13.25.Hw
  • 13.20.He
  • B0: hadronic decay
  • B0: branching ratio
  • flavor: SU(3)
  • symmetry: SU(3)
  • asymmetry: CP
  • a0(1450)
  • B0 --> K0 K+ pi-
  • B0 --> K0 K- pi+