Understanding B ---> D*- N anti-N and its implications

Jul, 2001
14 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 65 (2002) 034003
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Abstract:
The CLEO Collaboration recently reported the observation of the B0DpnˉB^0\to D^{*-}p\bar{n} mode at a rate only a factor of 4--5 lower than B0Dρ+B^0\to D^{*-}\rho^+ and Dπ+D^{*-}\pi^+. We try to understand this with a factorization approach of current produced nucleon pairs. The baryon weak vector current form factors are related by isospin rotation to nucleon electromagnetic form factors. By using GMp,nG^{p,n}_M measured from e+eNˉNe^+e^-\to \bar{N}N and ppˉe+ep\bar{p}\to e^+e^- processes, assuming factorization of the B0DB^0\to D^{*-} transition and the pnˉp\bar n pair production, we are able to account for up to 60% of the observed rate. The remainder is argued to arise from the axial current. The model is then applied to B decays to other mesons plus pnˉp\bar{n} modes and DD^{*-} plus strange baryon pairs.
  • 13.40.Gp
  • 13.25.Hw
  • 14.20.Dh
  • B0: hadronic decay
  • D*(2010)
  • nucleon: pair production
  • factorization
  • color: transparency
  • Feynman graph
  • nucleon: form factor