$P$-wave contributions to $B\to\psi\pi\pi$ decays in perturbative QCD approach

TL;DR

This paper calculates the differential branching fractions for B decays into charmonia and pion pairs, emphasizing P-wave contributions and final state interactions within a perturbative QCD framework, aligning well with experimental data.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed perturbative QCD approach with two-pion distribution amplitudes for P-wave states, incorporating resonance effects and polarization, to predict B decay observables.

Findings

Predicted branching ratios match experimental data.

Successfully modeled polarization fractions in B decays.

Provided testable predictions for future experiments.

Abstract

We present the differential branching fractions for the $B\rightarrow \psi \pi\pi$ decays with the charmonia $\psi=J/\psi,\psi(2S)$ in the invariant mass of the $P$-wave pion pairs in the perturbative QCD approach. The two-pion distribution amplitudes (DAs) corresponding to both longitudinal and transverse polarizations are constructed to capture important final state interactions in the processes. The time-like form factors, normalizing the two-pion DAs, contains contributions from the $\rho$ resonance and radial excitations fitted to the BaBar data. Given the hadronic parameters for the two-pion DAs associated with the longitudinal polarization which were determined in our previous study, and tuning those associated with the transverse polarization, we accommodate well the observed branching ratios and polarization fractions of the $B\rightarrow J/\psi \pi\pi$ decays. Our predictions for the $B\rightarrow \psi(2S) \pi\pi$ modes from the same set of parameters can be tested in future LHCb and BelleII experiments. We also investigate the sources of theoretical uncertainties in our calculation.