Contributions of the kaon pair from $\rho(770)$ for the three-body decays $B \to D K\bar{K}$

TL;DR

This paper investigates the role of the $ ho(770)$ resonance in three-body B meson decays to D and kaon pairs using perturbative QCD, providing predictions for decay contributions and branching fractions to guide future experiments.

Contribution

It offers the first detailed perturbative QCD analysis of $ ho(770)$ contributions in specific B decay channels, with quantitative estimates of decay fractions and resonance effects.

Findings

$ ho(770)^0$ contributes minimally to some decay modes.

Approximately 20% of $B^+ o ar{D}^0 K^+ ar{K}^0$ involves $ ho(770)^+$.

Branching fractions for $ ho(770)$ decays into kaon pairs are around 1% for charged and 0.5% for neutral states.

Abstract

We study the contributions of the kaon pair originating from the resonance $\rho(770)$ for the three-body decays $B \to D K\bar{K}$ by employing the perturbative QCD approach. According to the predictions in this work, the contributions from the intermediate state $\rho(770)^0 $ are relatively small for the three-body decays such as $B^0 \to \bar{D}^0 K^+ K^-$, $B_s^0 \to \bar{D}^0 K^+ K^-$, and $B^+ \to D_s^+ K^+K^-$, while about $20\%$ of the total three-body branching fraction for $B^+ \to \bar{D}^0 K^+ \bar{K}^0$ could possibly come from the subprocess $\rho(770)^+\to K^+ \bar{K}^0$. We also estimate the branching fractions for $\rho(770)^\pm$ decay into the kaon pair to be about $1\%$, and that for the neutral $\rho(770)$ decay into $K^+K^-$ or $K^0\bar{K}^0$ to be about $0.5\%$, which will be tested by future experiments.