English

Weak phases $\gamma$ and $\alpha$ from $B^+$, or $B^0$ and $B_s$ decays

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-11-17 v2

Abstract

An improved flavor SU(3) method is presented for determining the weak angle γ\gamma of the unitarity triangle using decay rates for B+Kπ,B+K+Kˉ0B^+\to K\pi, B^+\to K^+\bar K^0 and B+π+ηB^+\to \pi^+\eta (or B0KπB^0\to K\pi and BsKπB_s\to K \pi), their CP-conjugate modes and the CP-averaged rate for B±π±π0B^\pm\to\pi^\pm\pi^{0}. Rescattering (color-suppressed) contribution in B+(B0)KπB^+(B^0)\to K\pi, for which an improved bound is obtained, is subtracted away. The only significant SU(3) breaking effects are accounted for in the factorization approximation of tree amplitudes. The weak angle α\alpha is obtained as a byproduct.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9811335,
  title  = {Weak phases $\gamma$ and $\alpha$ from $B^+$, or $B^0$ and $B_s$ decays},
  author = {Michael Gronau and Dan Pirjol},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9811335},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

9 pages with 2 included eps figures; revised argument, taking into account the special shape of the amplitude quadrangle. An improved bound on rescattering effects is given