Studying the $$B^{0} \rightarrow J/\psi h_{1}$$ decays with $$h_{1}(1170){-}h_{1}(1415)$$ mixing in the perturbative QCD approach

Abstract In this paper, we study the $$B^{0} \rightarrow J/\psi h_{1}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> decays for the first time by using perturbative QCD approach up to the presently known next-to-leading order accuracy. The vertex corrections present significant contribution to the amplitude. In the calculation, the mixing between two light axial-vector mesons $$h_{1}(1170)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1170</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and $$h_{1}(1415)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1415</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> are also studied in detail. The observables including the branching ratios, polarization fractions and CP asymmetries are predicted and discussed explicitly. It is found that the $$B^{0} \rightarrow J/\psi h_{1}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> decays have relatively large branching fractions, which are generally at the order of $$\mathcal{O}(10^{-6}\sim 10^{-3}),$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>O</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>6</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>∼</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and thus are possible to be observed by the LHCb and Belle-II experiments in the near future. Moreover, they are very sensitive to the mixing angle $$\theta $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>θ</mml:mi> </mml:math> and can be used to test the values of $$\theta .$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>θ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>.</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> In addition, some ratios between the branching fractions of $$B^{0} \rightarrow J/\psi h_{1}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> decays can provide much stronger constraints on $$\theta $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>θ</mml:mi> </mml:math> due to their relatively small theoretical errors. The $$B^{0} \rightarrow J/\psi h_{1}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> decays are generally dominated by the longitudinal polarization contributions, specifically, $$f_{L}(B^{0} \rightarrow J/\psi h_{1})&gt;80\%,$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mi>L</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>&gt;</mml:mo> <mml:mn>80</mml:mn> <mml:mo>%</mml:mo> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> except for the case that $$\theta \sim 35^\circ $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>θ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>∼</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>35</mml:mn> <mml:mo>∘</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and $$-55^\circ .$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mro

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Studying the $$B^{0} \rightarrow J/\psi h_{1}$$ decays with $$h_{1}(1170){-}h_{1}(1415)$$ mixing in the perturbative QCD approach

Qin Chang, Xin Liu, De-Hua Yao
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The European Physical Journal C
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Studying the $$B^{0} \rightarrow J/\psi h_{1}$$ decays with $$h_{1}(1170){-}h_{1}(1415)$$ mixing in the perturbative QCD approach

Qin Chang, Xin Liu, De-Hua Yao
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Abstract In this paper, we study the $$B^{0} \rightarrow J/\psi h_{1}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> decays for the first time by using perturbative QCD approach up to the presently known next-to-leading order accuracy. The vertex corrections present significant contribution to the amplitude. In the calculation, the mixing between two light axial-vector mesons $$h_{1}(1170)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1170</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and $$h_{1}(1415)$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1415</mml:mn> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> are also studied in detail. The observables including the branching ratios, polarization fractions and CP asymmetries are predicted and discussed explicitly. It is found that the $$B^{0} \rightarrow J/\psi h_{1}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> decays have relatively large branching fractions, which are generally at the order of $$\mathcal{O}(10^{-6}\sim 10^{-3}),$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>O</mml:mi> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>6</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>∼</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and thus are possible to be observed by the LHCb and Belle-II experiments in the near future. Moreover, they are very sensitive to the mixing angle $$\theta $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>θ</mml:mi> </mml:math> and can be used to test the values of $$\theta .$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>θ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>.</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> In addition, some ratios between the branching fractions of $$B^{0} \rightarrow J/\psi h_{1}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> decays can provide much stronger constraints on $$\theta $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>θ</mml:mi> </mml:math> due to their relatively small theoretical errors. The $$B^{0} \rightarrow J/\psi h_{1}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> decays are generally dominated by the longitudinal polarization contributions, specifically, $$f_{L}(B^{0} \rightarrow J/\psi h_{1})&gt;80\%,$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> <mml:mi>L</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>J</mml:mi> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ψ</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>&gt;</mml:mo> <mml:mn>80</mml:mn> <mml:mo>%</mml:mo> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> except for the case that $$\theta \sim 35^\circ $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>θ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>∼</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>35</mml:mn> <mml:mo>∘</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and $$-55^\circ .$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mro

The European Physical Journal CVol. 85(3)
Jiangsu Normal University (CN), Henan Academy of Sciences (CN), Henan Normal University (CN)
National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key Research and Development Program of China
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Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
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