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$\gamma$ - Z interferometry at a $\Phi$-factory

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-28 v2

Abstract

We analyze the possibilities that the proposed Φ\Phi-factories offer to measure γZ\gamma-Z interference. In the unpolarized beam case, we study different signatures in the ρπ\rho \pi channel, taking advantage of the presence of the near-by a1a_1 resonance. We build a C-odd forward-backward asymmetry, estimated to be around 10510^{-5}, and (P-even, T-even) and (P-odd, T-odd) alignments of the ρ\rho, to be seen from the angular distribution of its ππ\pi \pi decay products. With polarized electrons a left-right asymmetry around 2×1042\times 10^{-4} is present in all channels. At leading order this asymmetry is independent of hadronic matrix elements and is sensitive to the Z0ssˉZ^0-s\bar{s} vector coupling. In the ρπ\rho \pi 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