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Interference Between Cabibbo Allowed and Doubly Forbidden Transitions in $D\ra K_{S,L} + \pi '$s Decays

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-09-01 v1

Abstract

Both Cabibbo allowed and doubly forbidden transitions contribute coherently to DKS,L+πsD\rightarrow K_{S,L}+\pi 's decays. This leads to several intriguing and even quantitatively significant consequences, among them: (i) A difference between Γ(D+KSπ+)\Gamma (D^+\rightarrow K_S \pi ^+) and Γ(D+KLπ+)\Gamma (D^+\rightarrow K_L \pi ^+) and between Γ(D0KSπ0)\Gamma (D^0\rightarrow K_S \pi ^0) and Γ(D0KLπ0)\Gamma (D^0\rightarrow K_L \pi ^0) of roughly 10\% ; similarly Γ(D+[KSπ0]Kπ+)14Γ(D+[Kπ+]Kπ+)\Gamma (D^+\rightarrow [K_S\pi ^0]_{K^*} \pi ^+) \neq \frac{1}{4}\Gamma (D^+\rightarrow [K^-\pi ^+]_{K^*} \pi ^+), and more generally Γ(DKˉ0+πs)2Γ(DKS+πs)\Gamma (D\rightarrow \bar K^0+\pi 's) \neq 2\Gamma (D\rightarrow K_S+\pi 's). (ii) A change in the relative phase between the isospin 3/2 and 1/2 amplitudes as extracted from the observed branching ratios for D+KSπ+D^+\rightarrow K_S\pi ^+, D0KSπ0,Kπ+D^0\rightarrow K_S\pi ^0 ,\, K^-\pi ^+. (iii) If New Physics intervenes to provide the required {\em weak} phase, then CP asymmetries of up to a few per cent can arise in D+KSπ+D^+\rightarrow K_S\pi ^+ vs. DKSπD^-\rightarrow K_S\pi ^-, D0KSπ0D^0\rightarrow K_S\pi ^0 vs. Dˉ0KSπ0\bar D^0\rightarrow K_S\pi ^0, D+[KSπ0]Kπ+D^+\rightarrow [K_S\pi ^0]_{K^*}\pi ^+ vs. D[KSπ0]KπD^-\rightarrow [K_S\pi ^0]_{K^*}\pi ^-, etc.; an asymmetry of the same size, but opposite in sign occurs when the KSK_S is replaced by a KLK_L in the final state.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9502238,
  title  = {Interference Between Cabibbo Allowed and Doubly Forbidden Transitions in $D\ra K_{S,L} + \pi '$s Decays},
  author = {I. I. Bigi and H. Yamamoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9502238},
  year   = {2016}
}

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6 pages, latex, no figures