Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2007-01-04
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
latex, 16 pages
Scientific paper
In radiative B decays to final states containing one spin zero meson, one spin one meson and a photon, the photon polarization can be measured from the angular distribution of the final state. The P-odd, C-even components of this distribution lead to triple correlation asymmetries that are very sensitive to new physics as they are likely to receive only tiny contributions from the Standard Model. There are also (CP-conserving) forward-backward asymmetries to which there may be SM contributions of a few percent; nevertheless there is a data driven means to overcome the SM ``pollution''. These latter observables can be used to search for a class of New Physics which does not necessarily possess a new CP-odd phase, and wherein the current structure is different from the left-handed electroweak theory of the Standard Model. The mode $B^\pm \to K^\pm \phi \gamma$ is particularly useful due to the relatively large branching ratio and its distinctive final state but there are dozens of such final states in the decays of $B_u$, $B_d$ and $B_s$ mesons where the analysis is applicable. In many cases, after the decay of the spin one resonance, several of these channels lead to only charged mesons and a photon in the final state, so they may well be accessible in a hadronic environment in addition, of course, to $e^+ e^-$ (Super) $B$ Factories. In passing we also briefly explain why the CP-conserving forward-backward asymmetries in $B \to P V \gamma$ decays is a more reliable signal of new physics compared to the (CP-conserving) transverse polarization in $B \to V_1 V_2$ modes even though, of course, the latter may be somewhat more abundant.
Atwood David
Gershon Tim
Hazumi Masashi
Soni Amarjit
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