Critical analysis of theoretical estimates for B to light meson form-factors and the B ---> psi K(K*) data

Aug 4, 1994
48 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 51 (1995) 6235-6252
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  • DAPNIA-SPP-94-24,
  • LPTHE-ORSAY-94-15

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Abstract:
We point out that current estimates of form factors fail to explain the non-leptonic decays BψK(K )B \to \psi K(K~{\ast}) and that the combination of data on the semi-leptonic decays DK(K )νD \to K(K~{\ast})\ell \nu and on the non-leptonic decays BψK(K )B \to \psi K(K~{\ast}) (in particular recent po\-la\-ri\-za\-tion data) severely constrain the form (normalization and q 2q~2 dependence) of the heavy-to-light meson form factors, if we assume the factorization hypothesis for the latter. From a simultaneous fit to \bpsi and \dk data we find that strict heavy quark limit scaling laws do not hold when going from DD to BB and must have large corrections that make softer the dependence on the masses. We find that A1(q 2)A_1(q~2) should increase slower with \qq than A2,V,f+A_2, V, f_+. We propose a simple parametrization of these corrections based on a quark model or on an extension of the \hhs laws to the \hl case, complemented with an approximately constant A1(q 2)A_1(q~2). We analyze in the light of these data and theoretical input various theoretical approaches (lattice calculations, QCD sum rules, quark models) and point out the origin of the difficulties encountered by most of these schemes. In particular we check the compatibility of several quark models with the heavy quark scaling relations.
  • B: nonleptonic decay
  • nonleptonic decay: B
  • D: semileptonic decay
  • semileptonic decay: D
  • K*(892)
  • decay: amplitude analysis
  • amplitude analysis: decay
  • B: branching ratio
  • D: branching ratio
  • B: width