Study of semileptonic $\bar{B}^* \to P \ell \bar{\nu}_\ell$ decays

TL;DR

This paper predicts the decay rates and asymmetries of semileptonic $ar{B}^*$ decays within the Standard Model, providing theoretical benchmarks for future high-luminosity experiments to test and explore heavy-flavor physics.

Contribution

It offers the first detailed theoretical predictions for helicity amplitudes, branching fractions, and asymmetries of $ar{B}^*$ semileptonic decays, aiding future experimental investigations.

Findings

$ar{B}^* o D au^- ar{ u}_ au$ has branching fractions around 10^{-9} to 10^{-7}.

Predicted observables are accessible at LHC and SuperKEKB/Belle-II.

Provides comprehensive theoretical framework for semileptonic $B^*$ decays.

Abstract

In anticipation of abundant $B^*$ data samples at high-luminosity heavy-flavor experiments in the future, the tree-dominated semileptonic $\bar{B}^*_{u,d,s} \to P \ell^- \bar{\nu}_\ell$ $(P=D\,,D_s\,,\pi\,,K)$ decays are studied within the Standard Model. After a detailed calculation of the helicity amplitudes, the theoretical predictions for branching fraction~(decay rate), lepton spin asymmetry, forward-backward asymmetry and ratio $R_D^{\ast(L)}$ are firstly presented. It is found that the CKM-favored $\bar{B}^* \to D \ell^- \bar{\nu}_\ell$ decays have relatively large branching fractions of ${\cal O}(10^{-9})$$\sim$${\cal O}(10^{-7})$, and are in the scope of running LHC and forthcoming SuperKEKB/Belle-II experiments.