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Annihilation contribution and $B\to a_0 \pi, f_0 K$ decays

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-01-07 v1

Abstract

We analyze the decays B0a0±πB^0 \to a^\pm_0 \pi^\mp and B,0f0K,0B^{-,0} \to f_0 K^{-,0} and show that within the factorization approximation a phenomenological consistent picture can be obtained. We show that in this approach the O6O_6 operator provides the dominant contributions to the suppressed channel B0a0+πB^0 \to a^+_0 \pi^-. When the a0a_0 is considered a two quark state, evaluation of the annihilation form factor using Perturbative QCDQCD implies that this contribution is not negligible, and furthermore it can interfere constructively or destructively with other penguin contributions. As a consequence of this ambiguity, the positive identification of B0π+a0B^0 \to \pi^+ a_0^- can not distinguish between the two or four quark assignment of the a0a_0. According to our calculation, a best candidate to distinguish the nature of a0a_0 scalar is Br(Bπ0a0)Br(B^-\to \pi^0a_0^-) since the predictions for a four quark model is one order of magnitude smaller than for the two quark assignment. When the scalars are seen as two quarks states, simple theoretical assumptions based on SU(2) isospin symmetry provide relations between different B decays involving one scalar and one pseudoscalar meson.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0501022,
  title  = {Annihilation contribution and $B\to a_0 \pi, f_0 K$ decays},
  author = {D. Delepine and J. L. Lucio M. and Carlos A. Ramirez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0501022},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages, 3 figures