Cp violation analysis of $$D^0\rightarrow M^0 K \rightarrow M^0(\pi ^\pm \ell ^\mp \nu )$$
Abstract CP violation in the charm sector is highly sensitive to new physics due to its small predicted value within the standard model. By this work, we investigated the CP violation in the cascade decay process $$D^0(t_1) \rightarrow \pi ^0 K(t_2) \rightarrow \pi ^0(\pi ^\pm \ell ^\mp \nu )$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>K</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>→</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>(</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:mo>±</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>ℓ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>∓</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>ν</mml:mi> <mml:mo>)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . Our results indicate that the CP violation induced by the interference of unmixed D -meson decay amplitudes dominates, with a peak value reaching $$5 \times 10^{-3}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>5</mml:mn> <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:mrow> </mml:math> . This is one order of magnitude larger than the sub-leading contribution, namely the double-mixing CP violation. Furthermore, the CP violation in the decay channel with the semileptonic final state $$\pi ^- \ell ^+ \nu _\ell $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>ℓ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>ν</mml:mi> <mml:mi>ℓ</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> is one to two orders of magnitude larger than that in the channel with $$ \pi ^+ \ell ^- \bar{\nu }_\ell $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>ℓ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:msub> <mml:mover> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>ν</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>¯</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> </mml:mover> <mml:mi>ℓ</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . We propose that the CP asymmetry of the combined two decay channels can be measured experimentally. The resulting value is approximately half of the CP violation observed in the $$\pi ^- \ell ^+ \nu _\ell $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>ℓ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>ν</mml:mi> <mml:mi>ℓ</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> channel, with the dominant contribution still reaching the order of $$10^{-3}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> . This approach offers the advantage of eliminating the need for flavor tagging of the initial D meson, thereby avoiding associated efficiency losses.
Authors
- Ya Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7454-1019)
- Shukang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4156-9784)
- Qin Qin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1438-9873)
- Wen-Jie Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9124-8573)
Institutions
- Nanjing Agricultural University (CN)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The European Physical Journal C
- Published
- 2025-03-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14024-0
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.61
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China