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On the B $ +AFw-to J/+AFw-Psi K^* $ Decay

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v4

Abstract

We calculate the process- and polarization-dependent nonfactorizable terms +AFwwidetildea+AFwlambda+AFw-widetilde{a}_{+AFw-lambda} of the B+AFwto+AFw-to J/+AFwPsi+AFwrmK/+AFw-Psi {+AFw-rm K^*} decay within the QCD-improved factorization approach. The longitudinal part +AFwwidetildea0+AFw-widetilde{a}_{0} is infrared convergent and large enough to agree with recent experimental data, provided that the B-K^* form factors A1(m+AFwPsi2)A_1(m^2_{+AFw-Psi}) and A2(m+AFwPsi2)A_2(m^2_{+AFw-Psi}) satisfy some constraints met by many (but not all) models. The transverse parts +AFwwidetildea+AFwpm+AFw-widetilde{a}_{+AFw-pm} on the other hand are infrared divergent, the procedure used to handle such divergence is discussed in relation with the B+AFwto+AFw-to J/+AFwPsi+AFwrmK/+AFw-Psi {+AFw-rm K} case in which the same problem arises. Our nonzero phases of the helicity amplitudes are consistent with experimental data recently measured for the first time by the BaBar collaboration.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0110284,
  title  = {On the B $ +AFw-to J/+AFw-Psi K^* $ Decay},
  author = {Xuan Son Nguyen and Xuan-Yem Pham},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0110284},
  year   = {2007}
}

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