The role of $D_{(s)}^\ast$ and their contributions in $B_{(s)}\to D_{(s)} h h^\prime$ decays

TL;DR

This paper investigates the influence of $D_{(s)}^*$ resonances on $B_{(s)} o D_{(s)} h h'$ decays using perturbative QCD, clarifying their small but significant contributions and aligning predictions with experimental data.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of $D_{(s)}^*$ contributions in $B_{(s)}$ decays, quantifies their effects, and offers predictions consistent with current measurements, guiding future experimental studies.

Findings

$D_{(s)}^*$ effects are small (~5%) in certain decay channels.

Contributions from $D_{(s)}^*$ are negligible (<1%) in others.

Predictions align with LHCb measurements for specific decay modes.

Abstract

We demonstrate the roles of $D_{(s)}^\ast$ and their contributions in the quasi-two-body decays $B_{(s)} \to D_{(s)} h h^\prime$ ($h, h^\prime = \{\pi, K\}$) in the perturbative QCD approach, stemming from the quark flavour changing $\bar{b} \to \bar{c} \, q_2 \, \bar{q}_1$ and $\bar{b} \to c \, \bar{q_1} \, \bar{q_2}$ with $q_1, q_2 = \{s/d, u\}$. The main motivation of this study is the measurements of significant derivations from the simple phase-space model in the channels $B_{(s)} \to D_{(s)} h h^\prime$ at $B$ factories and LHC, which is now clarified as the Breit-Wigner-tail effects from the corresponding intermediate resonant states $D_{(s)}^\ast$. We confirm that these effect from $D^\ast$ is small ($\sim 5\%$) in the quasi-two-body $B_{(s)} \to D \pi \pi (K)$ decaying channels, and predict the tiny ($< 1 \%$) contributions from $D^\ast$ in the $B_{(s)} \to D_s K \pi (K)$ decaying channels, our result for the $B_s \to D K \pi (K)$ decaying channels contributed only from the Breit-Wigner-tail effect of $D_s^\ast$ is in agreement with the current LHCb measurement. We recommend the Belle-II and the LHCb collaborations to restudy the processes $B^+\to \bar D^{\ast 0}\pi^+(K^+) \to D^-\pi^+\pi^+(K^+)$ to reveal the structure of $D^{\ast 0}$ and the strong decay $D^{\ast 0} \to D^+ \pi^-$.