Decays of {ital B} mesons to two pseudoscalars in broken SU(3) symmetry
- Department of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 (Israel)
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucleaire, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3J7 (Canada)
- Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 (United States)
The decays of {ital B} mesons to two-body hadronic final states are analyzed within the context of broken flavor SU(3) symmetry, extending a previous analysis involving pairs of light pseudoscalars to decays involving one or two charmed quarks in the final state. A systematic program is described for learning information from decay rates regarding (i) SU(3)-violating contributions, (ii) the magnitude of exchange and annihilation diagrams (effects involving the spectator quark), and (iii) strong final-state interactions. The implication of SU(3)-breaking effects for the extraction of weak phases is also examined. The present status of data on these questions is reviewed and suggestions for further experimental study are made.
- Research Organization:
- University of Chicago
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-90ER40560
- OSTI ID:
- 132990
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, D, Journal Name: Physical Review, D Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 52; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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