About detecting CP-violating processes in J/ψ→ K0-K0 decay

Questions about detecting the CP-violating decay process of J/ψ→ K0K0→KsKs are discussed. Possible background and material regeneration effects are analyzed. The discussion can be directly extended to other vector quarkoniuln decays, like Υ, ψ (2S) and φ→ KsKs.     

Reanalysis of the （0^＋, 1^＋） States Bs0 and Bs1 with QCD Sum Rules

We calculate the masses and decay constants of the P-wave strange-bottomed mesons Bs0 and Bs1 with the QCD sum rules, and observe that the central values of the masses Bs0 and Bs1 are smaller than the corresponding BK and B^＊K thresholds respectively, the strong decays Bs0→ BK and Bs1→B^＊K are kinematically forbidden. They can decay through the isospin violation processes Bs0→ Bsη → Bsπ^0 and Bs1 → Bs^＊η → Bs^＊π^0 .The bottomed mesons Bs0 and Bs1, just like their charmed cousins Ds0（2317） and Ds1（2460）, may be very narrow.     

D~0-~0 mixing parameter y in the factorization-assisted topological-amplitude approach

We calculate the D~0-~0 mixing parameter y in the factorization-assisted topological-amplitude(FAT)approach, considering contributions from D~0→PP, PV, and VV modes, where P(V) stands for a pseudoscalar(vector) meson. The D~0→PP and PV decay amplitudes are extracted in the FAT approach, and the D~0→VV decay amplitudes with final states in the longitudinal polarization are estimated via the parameter set for D~0→PV. It is found that the VV contribution to y, being of order of 10-4, is negligible, and that the PP and PV contributions amount only up to y_(PP+PV) =(0.21±0.07)%, a prediction more precise than those previously obtained in the literature,and much lower than the experimental data y_(exp) =(0.61 ±0.08)%. We conclude that D~0 meson decays into other two-body and multi-particle final states are relevant to the evaluation of y, so it is difficult to understand it fully in an exclusive approach.     

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.     

Radiative Decays of （0^＋, 1^＋） Strange-Bottom Mesons

In this article, we assume that the （0^＋,1^＋） strange-bottom mesons are the conventional bs mesons, and calculate the electromagnetic coupling constants d, g1, g2, and g3 using the light-cone QGD sum rules. Then we study the radiative decays Bs0→Bs^＊γ, Bs1→Bsγ, Bs1→Bs^＊γ, and Bs1→Bs0γ, and observe that the widths are rather narrow. We can search for the （0^＋, 1^＋） strange-bottom mesons in the invariant Bsπ^0 and Bs^＊π^0 mass distributions in the strong decays or in the invariant Bs^＊γ, and Bsγ mass distributions in the radiative decays.     

Analysis of the coupling constants ga0ηπ0 and ga0η＇ π0 with light-cone QCD sum rules

In this article, we take the point of view that the light scalar meson a0（980） is a conventional qqstate, and calculate the coupling constants ga0ηπ0 and ga0ηπ0 with the light-cone QCD sum rules. The central value of the coupling constant ga0ηπ0 is consistent with that extracted from the radiative decay φ（1020） → a0（980）γ→ηπ0γ. The central value and lower bound of the decay width Γa0→ηπ0 =127＋8448 MeV are compatible with the experimental data of the total decay width Γa0（980） = （50-100） MeV from the Particle Data Group with a very model dependent estimation （the decay width can be much larger）, while the upper bound is too large. We give a possible explanation for the discrepancy between the theoretical calculation and experimental data.     

Triangle singularity enhancing isospin violation in B~0_s→ J/ψπ~0f_0(980)

We perform calculations for theB~0_s→J/ψπ~0f_0(980) andB~0_s→J/ψπ~0a_0(980) reactions, showing that the first is isospin-suppressed while the second is isospin-allowed. The reaction proceeds via a triangle mechanism, with B~0_s→J/ψK* Kˉ+c.c., followed by the decay K*→Kπ and a further fusion of K Kˉ into the f0(980) or a0(980). We show that the mechanism develops a singularity around the π~0f_0(980) or πa_0(980) invariant mass of 1420 Me V, where the π~0f_0 and π~0a_0 decay modes are magnified and also the ratio of π~0f_0 to π~0a_0 production. Using experimental information for theB~0_s→J/ψK* Kˉ+c.c. decay, we are able to obtain absolute values for the reactions studied which fall into the experimentally accessible range. The reactions proposed and the observables evaluated, when contrasted with actual experiments, should be very valuable to obtain information on the nature of the low lying scalar mesons.     

Analysis of the coupling constants g_(a_0ηπ~0) and g_(a_0η’ π~0) with light-cone QCD sum rules

In this article, we take the point of view that the light scalar meson a0(980) is a conventional qqstate, and calculate the coupling constants ga0ηπ0 and ga0ηπ0 with the light-cone QCD sum rules. The central value of the coupling constant ga0ηπ0 is consistent with that extracted from the radiative decay φ(1020) → a0(980)γ→ηπ0γ. The central value and lower bound of the decay width Γa0→ηπ0 =127+8448 MeV are compatible with the experimental data of the total decay width Γa0(980) = (50-100) MeV from the Particl...     

Study of pure annihilation decays B_(d,s)→D~0~0

Within the heavy quark limit and the hierarchy approximation λQCD mD mB, we analyze the B → D00 and Bs → D00 decays, which occur purely via annihilation type diagrams. As a rough estimate, we calculate their branching ratios and CP asymmetries in the perturbative QCD (PQCD) approach. The branching ratio of B → D00 is about 3.8×10-5 that is just below the latest experimental upper limit. The branching ratio of Bs → D00 is about 6.8×10-4, which could be measured in LHC-b. From the calculation, it is found that this branching ratio is not sensitive to the weak phase angle γ. In these two decay modes, there exist CP asymmetries because of the interference between weak and strong interaction. However, these asymmetries are too small to be measured easily.     

Studies of Bs^0 → η＇η＇ Decays in pQCD Approach

We calculate the CP averaged branching ratios and CP-violating asymmetries for Bs^0 → η＇η＇ and η＇η＇ decays in the perturbative QCD （pQCD） approach here. The pQCD predictions for the C P-averaged branching ratios are Br（Bs^0 → ηη）=（14.2-7.5^＋18.0） ×10^-6,Br（Bs^0 → ηη＇）=（12.4-7.0^＋18.2）×10^-6,and Br（Bs^0 → η＇η＇） =（9.2-4.9^＋15.3）×10^-6, which agree well with those obtained by employing the QCD factorization approach and also be consistent with available experimental upper limits. The gluonic contributions are small in size： less than 7% for Bs →ηηand ηη＇ decays, and around 18% for Bs →η＇η＇ decay. The CP-violating asymmetries for three decays are very small： less than 3% in magnitude.     

Branching fractions and direct C P asymmetries of ■_s →K~0h~+h′~-(h(′)=K,π) decays

Motivated by the recent LHCb collaboration measurements of charmless three-body decays of ■s meson, we calculate the branching fractions of ■ s →K0π+π-, ■s→K0K+K-, ■s→K0π+K- and ■s→K0K+π- decay modes using the factorization approach.Both the resonant and nonresonant contributions are studied in detail. For the decays ■s→K0π+π- and ■s→K0K+K-, our results agree well with experimental data, and the former is dominated by the K*, while the latter one is dominated by the nonresonant contribution. Considering the flavor S U(3) symmetry violation, the sum of branching fractions of ■s→K0π+K- and ■s→K0K+π-could accommodate the data well too. It should be noted that both branching fractions are sensitive to the scalar density Kπ|ˉsq|0.Furthermore, the resonant contributions are dominated by the scalar K*0(1430). We hope that these branching fractions could be measured individually in the experiments so as to test the factorization approach and the flavor S U(3) asymmetry. Moreover, the direct C P asymmetries of these decays are also investigated, which could be measured in the running LHCb experiment and Super-b factory in the future.     

Measuring D~0-~0mixing in D→f_0(980)K~* and more

We investigate the D0-0 mixing through the doubly Cabibbo suppressed (DCS) channel D0 →f0(980)K0 and its charge conjugate channel, in which the K0 meson is reconstructed in both K π- and KSπ0 final state. Although the decay D0 →f0(980)K* has a small branching ratio, the final state mesons are relatively easy to identify. The f0(980) meson can be replaced by the S-wave π π- state, or a longitudinally polarized vector meson ρ0. All mixing parameters, including the mass difference and decay width difference,can be extracted by studying the time-dependent decay width of these channels. We show that the method is valid in all regions for mixing parameters and it does not depend on the strong phase difference.     

D~0-~0 mixing sensitivity estimation at Belle II in wrong-sign decays D~0→K~+π~-π~0 via time-dependent amplitude analysis

The sensitivity of the D~0-~0 mixing parameters x and y is estimated in the wrong-sign decay D~0→K~+π~-π~0 by time-dependent amplitude analysis. The resolution of the D~0 lifetime is essential in time-dependent Dalitz analyses. The Belle II detector, which aims to collect a total integrated luminosity of 50 ab~(-1) of data, has σ = 140 fs in Monte Carlo studies, a factor of two improvement over that of Belle and Ba Bar, so the produced Dalitz signal Monte Carlo samples are smeared with this resolution. Then a time-dependent Dalitz plot fitting is performed on these smeared samples, and the sensitivity of D~0-~0mixing parameters are σ_x = 0.057% and σ_y = 0.049%. These are about an order of magnitude improvement on current experimental results, without considering background effects.     

B→f0（980）（π,η^（＇）） decays in the PQCD approach

Based on the assumption of a two-quark structure of the scalar meson f0（980） ,we calculate the branching ratios and CP-violating asymmetries for the four B → f0（980） π and B → f0（980） η^（＇） decays by employing the perturbative QCD（pQCD） factorization approach. The leading order pQCD predictions for branching ratios are,Br（B^-→ f0（980） π^-） ～ 2.5×10^-6,Br（Bˉ^0 → f0（980） π^0） ～ 2.6×10^-7,Br（Bˉ^0 → f0（980） η） ～ 2.5×10^-7 and Br（Bˉ^0 → f0（980） η ） ～ 6.7×10^-7,which are consistent with both the QCD factorization predictions and the experimental upper limits.     

Solvent effects on the S0→S2 absorption spectra of β-carotene

Absorption spectra of β-carotene in 31 solvents are measured in ambient conditions. Solvent effects on the 0-0 band energy, the bandwidth, and the transition moment of the S 0 → S 2 transition are analysed. The discrepancies between published results of the solvent effects on the 0-0 band energy are explained by taking into account microscopic solute-solvent interactions. The contributions of polarity and polarizability of solvents to 0-0 band energy and bandwidth are quantitatively distinguished. The 0-0 transition energy of the S 2 state at the gas phase is predicted to locate between 23000 and 23600 cm-1 .     

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-.     

Baryon ＋ Baryon→（ΩΩ）J^π=0＋ ＋ X Cross Section Calculation

The cross sections of Ω Ξ→（ΩΩ）J^π=0 K(K^*) and Ω Ω→（ΩΩ）J^π=0 η‘(φ) are studied by using an effective Hamiltonian method.For the two pseudo-scalar meson production processes,the cross sections are still in the order of several μbs,but for the two vector meson production processes,the cross sections are about 10 times larger than those in pseudo-scalar meson production case when the coupling constants of vector meson fields are fixed according to gNNρ and fNNρ in NN scattering and the SU(3) relation.     

Partial wave analysis ofJ/ψ）→ppπ0 and measurement of J/ψ→ppη,ppη＇

Based on 58 million J/ψ data collected with the BESII detector at the BEPC, Partial Wave Analysis（PWA） is performed on J/ψ→ppπ0. The new excited baryon N（2065） is confirmed. Clear signals for other N＊ states are observed and the corresponding masses, widths and spin-parity are also measured. Processes such as J/ψ→ppη,ppη＇
are also studied and the branching ratios are measured.     

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.     

Branching ratio and CP asymmetry of Bs→K0(1430)η(') decays in the PQCD approach

In the two-quark model supposition for K0*(1430), which can be viewed as either the first excited state (ScenarioⅠ) or the lowest lying state (Scenario Ⅱ), the branching ratios and the direct CP-violating asymmetries for decays s0 → K0*0(1430)η (’) are studied by employing the perturbative QCD factorization approach. We find the following results: (a) The CP averaged branching ratios ofs0 → K0*0 (1430)η ands0→ K0*0(1430)η’ are small and both in the order of 10-7 . If one views K0* (1430) as the lowest lying state, B(s0→K0*0(1430)η) ≈ 3.9×10-7 and B(s0→K0*0(1430)η’) ≈ 7.8×10-7.(b) While the direct CP-violating asymmetries of these two decays are not small: if we still take the parameters of K0* (1430) in scenario , ACPdir(s0→K0*0(1430)η) ≈ 56.2% and ACPdir(s0→ K0*0(1430)η’) ≈ 42.4%. (c) The annihilation contributions will play an important role in accounting for future data, because both the branching ratios and the direct CP asymmetries of these two decays are sensitive to the annihilation type contributions.