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Exclusive charmless nonleptonic decays of the B sub d sup 0 meson in the standard model

Journal Article · · Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA)
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  1. Science Education Laboratory, Ehime University, 790 Matsuyama, Japan (JP)
  2. Department of Physics, Ehime University, 790 Matsuyama, Japan (JP)
We have studied the charmless nonleptonic decay such as the {ital B}{sub {ital d}}{sup 0}{r arrow}{ital K}{sup +}{pi}{sup {minus}}, {ital B}{sub {ital d}}{sup 0}{r arrow}{ital K}{sup +}{rho}{sup {minus}}, {ital B}{sub {ital d}}{sup 0}{r arrow}{ital K}{sup *+}{pi}{sup {minus}} decays, which include contributions from both Born process and penguin process, in the standard model. The branching ratios of these three decays are predicted to be {similar to}10{sup {minus}5}, {similar to}10{sup {minus}5}--10{sup {minus}6}, and {similar to}10{sup {minus}5}, respectively. For the {ital B}{sub {ital d}}{sup 0}{r arrow}{ital K}{sup +}{pi}{sup {minus}} decay, the amplitude is dominated by the timelike penguin process. For the {ital B}{sub {ital d}}{sup 0}{r arrow}{ital K}{sup +}{rho}{sup {minus}} decay, the dominant amplitude follows from the spacelike penguin process, which is ambiguous due to the annihilation form factor. For the {ital B}{sub {ital d}}{sup 0}{r arrow}{ital K}{sup *+}{pi}{sup {minus}} decay, the contributions of the three processes are comparable to each other. The precise determination of the annihilation form factor is necessary to predict reliably the branching ratios of the {ital B}{sub {ital d}}{sup 0}{r arrow}{ital K}{sup +}{rho}{sup {minus}} and {ital B}{sub {ital d}}{sup 0}{r arrow}{ital K}{sup *+}{pi}{sup {minus}} decays.
OSTI ID:
5121782
Journal Information:
Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA) Vol. 40:9; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English