Using the helicity amplitude technique, we derive differential decay widths and angular distributions for the decay cascade D→K1(1270,1400)ℓ+νℓ→(Kππ)ℓ+νℓ(ℓ=e,μ), in which the electron and muon mass is explicitly included. Using a set of phenomenological results for D→K1 form factors, we calculate partial decay widths and branching fractions for D0→K1−ℓ+νℓ and D+→K10ℓ+νℓ, but find that results for B(D→K1(1270)e+νe) are larger than recent BESIII measurements by about a factor 1.5. We further demonstrate that the measurement of up-down asymmetry in D→K1e+νe→(Kππ)e+νe and angular distributions in D→K1ℓ+νℓ→(Kππ)ℓ+νℓ can help to determine the hadronic amplitude requested in B→K1(→Kππ)γ. Based on the Monte-Carlo simulation with the LHCb geometrical acceptance, we find that the angular distributions of MC events can be well described.
@article{arxiv.2105.06207,
title = {Up-down Asymmetries and Angular Distributions in $D\to K_{1}(\to K\pi\pi)\ell^+\nu_{\ell}$},
author = {Lingzhu Bian and Liang Sun and Wei Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.06207},
year = {2021}
}