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Extracting and using photon polarization information in radiative B decays

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

We discuss the uses of conversion electron pairs for extracting photon polarization information in weak radiative B decays. Both cases of leptons produced through a virtual and real photon are considered. Measurements of the angular correlation between the (Kπ)(K\pi) and (e+e)(e^+e^-) decay planes in BK(Kπ)γ()(e+e)B\to K^*(\to K\pi)\gamma^{(*)}(\to e^+e^-) decays can be used to determine the helicity amplitudes in the radiative BKγB\to K^*\gamma decay. A large right-handed helicity amplitude in Bˉ\bar B decays is a signal of new physics. The time-dependent CP asymmetry in the B0B^0 decay angular correlation is shown to measure sin2β\sin 2\beta and cos2β\cos 2\beta with little hadronic uncertainty.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0005069,
  title  = {Extracting and using photon polarization information in radiative B decays},
  author = {Yuval Grossman and Dan Pirjol},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0005069},
  year   = {2009}
}

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