Measurement of the branching fraction and $CP$ asymmetry for $B\to\bar{D}^{0} \pi$ decays

TL;DR

This paper reports precise measurements of branching fractions and $CP$ asymmetries for specific $B$ meson decays, using a large data sample, confirming previous results and providing the first $CP$ asymmetry measurement for $B^{0} o ar{D}^{0}\pi^{0}$.

Contribution

First measurement of $CP$ asymmetry for $B^{0} o ar{D}^{0}\pi^{0}$ and the most precise branching fraction measurements for these decays to date.

Findings

Branching fractions are consistent with previous results.

$CP$ asymmetry for $B^{+} o ar{D}^{0}\pi^{+}$ is consistent with zero.

First $CP$ asymmetry measurement for $B^{0} o ar{D}^{0}\pi^{0}$, aligning with Standard Model expectations.

Abstract

We measure the branching fractions and $CP$ asymmetries for the decays $B^{0}\to \bar{D}^{0}\pi^{0}$ and $B^{+}\to \bar{D}^{0}\pi^{+}$, using a data sample of $772\times 10^{6}$ $B\bar{B}$ pairs collected at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB $e^{+}e^{-}$ collider. The branching fractions obtained and direct $CP$ asymmetries are $\mathcal{B}(B^{0}\to \bar{D}^{0}\pi^{0}) = [2.70 \pm 0.06~ \text{(stat.)} \pm 0.10~ \text{(syst.)}] \times 10^{-4}$, $\mathcal{B}(B^{+}\to \bar{D}^{0}\pi^{+}) = [4.53 \pm 0.02~ \text{(stat.)} \pm 0.15~ \text{(syst.)}] \times 10^{-3}$, $ {\cal A}_{CP}(B^{0}\to \bar{D}^{0}\pi^{0}) = [+0.42 \pm 2.05~ \text{(stat.)} \pm 1.22~ \text{(syst.)}]\%$, and $ {\cal A}_{CP}(B^{+}\to \bar{D}^{0}\pi^{+}) = [+0.19 \pm 0.36~ \text{(stat.)} \pm 0.57~ \text{(syst.)}]\%$. The measurements of $\mathcal{B}$ are the most precise to date and are in good agreement with previous results, as is the measurement of ${\cal A}_{CP}(B^{+}\to \bar{D}^{0}\pi^{+})$. The measurement of ${\cal A}_{CP}$ for $B^{0}\to \bar{D}^{0}\pi^{0}$ is the first for this mode, and the value is consistent with Standard Model expectations.