Published March 25, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Extracting γ from Bd0(t)→D(*)+D(*)- and Bd0→Ds(*)+D(*)- decays

Description

We show that the CP phase γ can be obtained from measurements of Bd0(t)→D(*)+D(*)- and Bd0→Ds(*)+D(*)-. These decays are related by flavor SU(3) in the limit where spectator-quark contributions are small. If the pseudoscalar-pseudoscalar decays Bd0(t)→D+D- and Bd0→Ds+D- are used, the leading-order SU(3)-breaking effect is fDs/fD. The dependence on decay constants can be removed by using a double ratio involving two helicity states of the vector-vector decays Bd0→D*+D*- and Bd0→Ds*+D*-. In this case the theoretical error arising from all sources is in the range 5-10%

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2003.12.048;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-ph/0310252v3;
PII
S0370269304000516;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
584
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 81-88
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.