We analyze the possibilities that the proposed Φ-factories offer to measure γ−Z interference. In the unpolarized beam case, we study different signatures in the ρπ channel, taking advantage of the presence of the near-by a1 resonance. We build a C-odd forward-backward asymmetry, estimated to be around 10−5, and (P-even, T-even) and (P-odd, T-odd) alignments of the ρ, to be seen from the angular distribution of its ππ decay products. With polarized electrons a left-right asymmetry around 2×10−4 is present in all channels. At leading order this asymmetry is independent of hadronic matrix elements and is sensitive to the Z0−ssˉ vector coupling. In the ρπ channel, a combined left-right forward-backward asymmetry is considered.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9512424,
title = {$\gamma$ - Z interferometry at a $\Phi$-factory},
author = {J. Bernabeu and F. J. Botella and O. Vives},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9512424},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
29 pages + 6 figures. Some changes concerning $a_1$ observables, especially related with possible 2 $\gamma$ contributions