B→Kη~(,) decays in the SM with fourth generation fermions

By employing the perturbative QCD(pQCD) factorization approach, we calculate the new physics contributions to the four B→Kη()decays in the Standard Model(SM) with a fourth generation of fermions(SM4),induced by the loop diagrams involving t quark. Within the considered parameter space of the SM4 we find that:(a) the next-to-leading order(NLO) pQCD predictions for the branching ratios and CP-violating asymmetries in both the SM and SM4 generally agree with the data within one standard deviation;(b) for Br(B→Kη), the inclusion of the fourth generation contributions can improve the agreement between the theoretical predictions and the data effectively;(c) however, for Br(B → Kη) the decrease due to t loops is disfavored by the data; and,(d) the new physics corrections to the CP-violating asymmetries of the considered decays are only about 10%.     

B →πη（′）, η（′）η（′） decays and NLO contributions in the pQCD approach＊

By employing the perturbative QCD （pQCD） factorization approach, we calculate the full leading and the partial next-to-leading order （NLO） contributions to the seven B →πη（′） and η（′）η（′） decays. For B^＋→ π＋η（′） decays, the pQCD predictions for their decay rates agree very well with the data after the inclusion of the small NLO contributions. For neutral decays, the pQCD predictions are also consistent with the experimental upper limits and can be tested by the LHC experiments. The measured value of dir .Acp^dir（π＋η）= 19±7% can also be accommodated by the pQCD approach.     

Phenomenological studies on B~0 → [K~-π~+]_(S/V)[π~+π~-]_(V/S) → K~-π~+π~+π~- decay

Within the quasi-two-body decay model,we study the localized CP violation and branching fraction of the four-body decay B~0→[K~-π~+]_(s/V)[π~+π~-]_(V/)S→K-π~+π~-π~+ when the K~-π~+and π~-π~+ pair invariant masses are0.35 m(K~-π~+)2.04 GeV and 0 mπ~-π~+1.06 GeV,with the pairs being dominated by the K_0~*(700)~0,K~*(892)~0,K~*(1410)~0,K_0~*(1430) and K~*(1680)~0,and fo(500),ρ~0(770),ω(782) and fo(980) resonances,respectively.When dealing with the dynamical functions of these resonances,fo(500),ρ~0(770),fo(980) and K_0~*(1430) are modeled with the Bugg model,Gounaris-Sakurai function,Flatte formalism and LASS lineshape,respectively,while the others are described by the relativistic Breit-Wigner function.Adopting the end point divergence parameters ρA ∈[0,0.5] andΦ_A∈[0,2π],our predicted results are F_(CP)(B~0→K~-π~+π~+π~-)∈[-0.365,0.447] and B(B~0→K-π~+π~+π~-)∈[6.11,185.32] x 10~(-8),based on the hypothetical qq structures for the scalar mesons in the QCD factorization approach.Meanwhile,we calculate the CP violating asymmetries and branching fractions of the two-body decays B~0→SV(VS) and all the individual four-body decays B~0→SV(VS)→K~-π~+π~-π~+,respectively.Our theoretical results for the two-body decays B~0→K~*(892)~0 fo(980),B~0→K_0~*(1430)~0ω(782),B~0→K~*(892)~0 f~0(980),B~0→K_0~*(1430)~0ρ,and B~0→(1430)~0ω are consistent with the available experimental data,with the remaining predictions await testing in future high precision experiments.     

B→（J/ψ,η_c）K decays in the perturbative QCD approach

In this paper,we calculated the B →（J/ψ,ηc） K decays in the perturbative QCD（pQCD） factorization approach with the inclusion of the partial next-to-leading order（NLO） contributions. With the inclusion of the significant enhancement from the NLO vertex corrections,the NLO pQCD predictions for the branching ratios agree with the data within 2σ errors：Br（B0 → J/ψK0） = 5.2-＋32..58×10-4,Br（B＋ → J/ψK＋） = 5.6-＋32..79×10-4,Br（B0 →ηcK0） = 5.5-＋22..30 × 10-4,Br（B＋ →ηcK＋） = 5.9-＋22..51 × 10-4.     

Constraining the UT angle γ by CP violation parameters in B~0→π~+π~-

We calculate the tree and penguin amplitudes in the B~0→π~+π~-decay channel employing the perturbative QCD factorization approach. Using the amplitudes as input with the theoretical uncertainties sufficiently considered, we constrain the UT angle γ to 53°γ 70°, from the measurements of the CP violation parameters C_(π~+π~-) and S_(π~+π~-)in B~0→π~+π~-. The U-spin breaking effect between B~0→π~+π~-and B~0 s →K~+K~-is estimated to be around 30%.     

Study of the production of Λ_b~0 band ~0 hadrons in pp collisions and first measurement of the Λ_b~0→J/ψpK~- branching fraction

The product of the A_b~0(B~0) differential production cross-section and the branching fraction of the decay A_b~0→J/ψpK~-(B~0→J/ψK~*(892)~0) is measured as a function of the beauty hadron transverse momentum,p_T,and rapidity,y.The kinematic region of the measurements is p_T 20 GeV/c and 2.0y4.5.The measurements use a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3fb~(-1) collected by the LHCb detector in pp collisions at centre-of-mass energies s~(1/2)=7 TeV in 2011 and s~(1/2)= 8TeV in 2012.Based on previous LHCb results of the fragmentation fraction ratio,f_∧_b~0/f_d,the branching fraction of the decay ∧_b~0→J/ψpK~- is measured to be B(∧_b~0→J/ψpK~-)=(3.17±0.04±0.07±0.34_(-0.28)~(+0.45)×10~(-4)where the first uncertainty is statistical,the second is systematic,the third is due to the uncertainty on the branching fraction of the decay B~0→J/ψK~*(892)~0,and the fourth is due to the knowledge of f_∧_b~0/f_d.The sum of the asymmetries in the production and decay between A_b and A_b~0 is also measured as a function of p_T and y.The previously published branching fraction of A_b~0→J/φpπ~-,relative to that of A_b~0→J/ψpK~-,is updated.The branching fractions of∧_b~0→P_c~+(→J/ψp)K~- are determined.     

Study of scalar meson a_0(980) from B→a_0(980)π decays

In this paper,we calculate the branching ratios and the direct CP-violating asymmetries for decays B0 →a00(980)π0,a0+(980)π-,a0-(980)π+ and B- →a00(980)π-,a0-(980)π0 by employing the perturbative QCD(pQCD) factorization approach at the leading order.We found that(a) the pQCD predictions for the branching ratios are around(0.4-2.8)×10-6,consistent with currently available experimental upper limits;(b) the CP asymmetries of B0 →a00(980)π0 and B- →a0-(980)π0 decays can be large,about(70-80)% for α=100-.     

Study of scalar meson a0(980) from B→a0(980)π decays

In this paper, we calculate the branching ratios and the direct CP-violating asymmetries for decays B0 →a00(980)π0, a0+(980)π-, a0-(980)π and B- →a00(980)π-, a0-(980)π0 by employing the perturbative QCD (pQCD) factorization approach at the leading order. We found that (a) the pQCD predictions for the branching ratios are around (0.4 - 2.8) × 10-6, consistent with currently available experimental upper limits; (b) the CP asymmetries of B0→ao(980)π0 and B-→a0-(980)π0 decays can be large, about (70-80)% for α = 100°.     

Supersymmetric contributions to B_s → K~-π~＋ decay

Recently,the CDF Collaboration has measured the branching fraction and time-integrated direct CP asymmetry of Bs → K-π＋ decay.The branching ratio is lower than the previous predictions based on QCD factorization.The experimental results favor a large CP asymmetry in Bs → K-π＋ decay while the standard model prediction is very small.We compute the supersymmetry contributions to Bs → K-π＋ decay using the mass insertion method,and find that the LR and RL mass insertions could suppress this branching ratio and increase this direct CP asymmetry well in line with the experimental data.     

B → ρ（ω, φ）η（＇） Decays and NLO Contributions in pQCD Approach

By employing the perturbative QCD （pQCD） factorization approach, we calculate some important next- to-leading-order （NLO） contributions to the two-body charmless hadronic decays B^＋ →ρ^＋η（＇） and B^0 → ρ^0（ω, φ）η（＇）, induced by the vertex QCD corrections, the quark-loops as well as the chromo-magnetic penguins. From the numerical results and phenomenological analysis we find that （a） for B^± → ρ^±η（＇） （B^0 → ρ^0（ω, φ）η（＇）decays, the partial NLO contributions to branching ratios are small （large） in magnitude; and （b） the pQCD predictions for ACP^dir（B^± → ρ^±η（＇）） are consistent with the data, while the predicted .ACP（B^0 → ρ^0（ω）η（＇）） are generally large in magnitude and could be tested by the forthcoming LHCb experiments.     

B→K_0~*(1430)η~(') decays in the pQCD approach

Based on the assumption of two-quark structure of the scalar meson K*0(1430),we calculate the CP-averaged branching ratios for B→K0*(1430)η(') decays in the framework of the perturbative QCD(pQCD) approach here.We perform the evaluations in two scenarios for the scalar meson spectrum.We find that:(a) the pQCD predictions for Br(B→K*0(1430)η(')) which are about 10-5-10-6,basically agree with the data within large theoretical uncertainty;(b) the agreement between the pQCD predictions and the data in Scenario I is better than that in Scenario II,which can be tested by the forthcoming LHC experiments;(c) the annihilation contributions play an important role for these considered decays.     

Pure annihilation decays of B_s~0→a_0~+a_0~- and B_d~0→K_0~(*+)K_0~(*-) in the PQCD approach

We study the CP-averaged branching fractions and the CP-violating asymmetries in the pure annihilation decays ofB _s~0→a_0~+a _0~-andB _d~0→K_0~(*+)K_0~(*-),where a_0[K_0~*]denotes the scalar a_0(980) and a_0(1450)[K_0~*(800)(ork)and K_0~*(1430)],with the perturbative QCD factorization approach under the assumption of two-quark structure for the a_0and K_0~*states.The numerical results show that the branching ratios of theB _d~0→K_0~(*+)K_0~(*-)decays are in the order of 10~(-6),while the decay rates of theB_s~0→a_0~+a _0~-modes are in the order of 10~(-5).In light of the measured modes with the same quark components in the pseudoscalar sector,namely,B _d~0→K~+K~-and B_s~0→p p~(+-),the predictions for the considered decay modes in this work are expected to be measured at the Large Hadron Collider beauty and/or Belle-Ⅱ experiments in the (near) future.Meanwhile,it is of great interest to find that the twist-3 distribution amplitudes φ~S and φ~T with inclusion of the Gegenbauer polynomials for the scalar a_0(1450) and K_0~*(1430)states in scenario2 contribute slightly to the branching ratios while significantly to the CP violations in the B_d~0→K_0~*(14 30)~+K_0*(14 30)~-and B_s~0→a_0(1450)~+a_0(1450)~-decays,which indicates that,compared to the asymptotic φ~Sand φ~T,these Gegenbauer polynomials could change the strong phases evidently in these pure annihilation decay channels.These predictions await for the future confirmation experimentally,which could further provide useful information to help explore the inner structure of the scalars and shed light on the annihilation decay mechanism.     

Looking for new physics via semi-leptonic and leptonic rare decays of D and D_s

It is well recognized that looking for new physics at lower energy colliders is a path which is complementary to high energy machines such as the LHC.Using the large volume of data collected by BESIII,we may have a unique opportunity to tackle this.In this paper we calculate the branching ratios of the semi-leptonic processes D_s~+ →K~+e~-e~+ and D_s~+ →K~+e~-μ~+,and the leptonic processes D~0→ e~-e~+ and D~0→ e~-μ~+,in the frameworks of the U(1) model,2HDM and unparticle model.It is found that both the U(1) model and 2HDM may influence the semi-leptonic decay rates,but only the U(1) model offers substantial contributions to the pure leptonic decays,and the resultant branching ratio of D~0→e~-μ~+ can be as large as 10~(-7)~10~(-8).This might be observed at the future super τ-charm factory.     

QCD Approach to B →Dπ Decays and CP Violation

The branching ratios and CP violations of the B →Dπ decays, including both the color-allowed and the color-suppressed modes, are investigated in detail within QCD framework by considering all diagrams that lead to three effective currents of two quarks. An intrinsic mass scale as a dynamical gluon mass is introduced to treat the infrared divergence caused by the soft collinear approximation in the endpoint regions, and the Cutkosky rule is adopted to deal with a physical-region singularity of the on mass-shell quark propagators. When the dynamical gluon mass μg is regarded as a universal sca/e, it is extracted to be around μg = 440 MeV from one of the well-measured B →Dπ decay modes. The resulting predictions for all branching ratios are in agreement with the current experimental measurements. As these decays have no penguin contributions, there are no direct CP asymmetries. Due to interference between the Cabibbo-suppressed and the Cabibbo-favored amplitudes, mixing-induced CP violations are predicted in the B →D^±π^±↓ decays to be consistent with the experimental data at 1-σ level. More precise measurements will be helpful to extracting weak angle 2β＋γ.     

B→K_0~*(1430)η~(') decays in the pQCD approach

Based on the assumption of two-quark structure of the scalar meson K*0(1430),we calculate the CP-averaged branching ratios for B→K0*(1430)η(') decays in the framework of the perturbative QCD(pQCD) approach here.We perform the evaluations in two scenarios for the scalar meson spectrum.We find that:(a) the pQCD predictions for Br(B→K*0(1430)η(')) which are about 10-5-10-6,basically agree with the data within large theoretical uncertainty;(b) the agreement between the pQCD predictions and the data in Scenario ...     

Evidence for the decays of ∧_c~+→∑~+η and ∑~+η'

We study the hadronic decays of ∧_c~+ to the final states ∑~+η and ∑~+η',using an e~+e~-annihilation data sample of 567 pb~(-1) taken at a center-of-mass energy of 4.6 GeV with the BESIII detector at the BEPCⅡ collider.We find evidence for the decays ∧_c~+→∑~+η and ∑~+η' with statistical significance of 2.5σ and 3.2σ,respectively.Normalizing to the reference decays ∧_c~+→∑~+π0 and ∑~+ω,we obtain the ratios of the branching fractions■and ■to be 0.35±0.16±0.02 and 0.86±0.34±0.04,respectively.The upper limits at the 90% confidence level are set to be■and■.Using BESIII measurements of the branching fractions of the reference decays,we determine B(∧_c~+→∑~+η)=(0.41±0.19±0.05)%(0.68%)and B(∧_c~+→∑~+η')=(1.34±0.53 ±0.19)%(1.9%).Here,the first uncertainties are statistical and the second systematic.The obtained branching fraction of ∧_c~+→∑~+η is consistent with the previous measurement,and the branching fraction of ∧_c~+→∑~+η' is measured for the first time.     

Study of scalar meson a0（980） from B → a0（980）π decays

In this paper, we calculate the branching ratios and the direct CP-violating asymmetries for decays B^0 → a0^0（980）π^0, a0^＋ （980）π^-, a0^-（980）π^＋ and B^- → a0^0 （980）π^-, a0^- （980）π^0 by employing the perturbative QCD （pQCD） factorization approach at the leading order. We found that （a） the pQCD predictions for the branching ratios are around （0.4-2.8） × 10^-6, consistent with currently available experimental upper limits; （b） the CP asymmetries of B^0→ a0^0（980）π^0 and B^- → a0^- （980）π^0 decays can be large, about （70-80）% for α= 100°.     

Direct CP violation in B(s)→J/ψP(V)

In the framework of factorization, we study direct CP violation in the decays of B_(s)→J/ψP(V) (P(V) refer to the pseudoscalar (vector) meson). The CP violation depends strongly on Cabibbo-Kobayashi- Maskawa (CKM) matrix elements and the effective parameter, N_c. The recent experimental data for the branching ratios of B_(s)→J/ψP(V) are accurate enough and we can give a strong constraint on the range of N_c. We nd that the CP violating asymmetry is consistent with the available experiment values for the b→d transition, and a little smaller than the b→s transition. We also predict the CP violation of other decay channels for B_(s)→J/ψP(V). We expect our results can give valuable guidance for experiments.     

Pure annihilation type B → K_0~(*±)(1430)K~((*)■) decays in the family non-universal Z’ model

By assuming that the scalar meson K_0~*(1430) belongs to the first excited states or the lowest lying ground states of qq',we study the pure annihilation-type decays B→K_0~*(1430)K~((*)■) in the QCD factorization approach.Within the Standard Model,the branching fractions are of the order of 10~(-8) 10~(-7),which is possible to measure in the ongoing LHCb experiment or forthcoming Belle-II experiment.We also study these decays in the family non-universal Z' model.The results show that if m_Z≈600 GeV(ζ=0.02),both the branching fractions and CP asymmetries of B~0→K_0~+(1430)K~- could be changed remarkably,which provides us with a place for probing the effect of new physics.These results could be used to constrain the parameters of the Z' model.     

Analysis of the decay B0→χclπ0 with light-cone QCD sum rules

In this article,we calculate the contribution from the nonfactorizable soft hadronic matrix element to the decay B~0→χc1~π~0 with the light-cone quantum chromo-dynamic(QCD) sum rules.The numerical results show that its contribution is rather large and should not be neglected.The total amplitudes lead to a branching fraction which is in agreement with the experimental data marginally.