The pollution to the $K\pi$-puzzle from the isospin-breaking $\pi^0-\eta-\eta'$ mixing effect

TL;DR

This paper investigates how isospin-breaking $\pi^0-\eta-\eta'$ mixing affects $CP$-asymmetries in $B o K\pi$ decays, revealing it introduces significant uncertainties that could explain the $K\pi$-puzzle without new physics.

Contribution

It is the first study to analyze the impact of $\pi^0-\eta-\eta'$ mixing on $CP$-asymmetries in $B o K\pi$ decays, highlighting its potential to resolve the $K\\pi$-puzzle.

Findings

Large uncertainties in $CP$-asymmetry sum rule due to mixing.

Mixing effect can explain the $K\\pi$-puzzle alone.

Obscures the significance of the $K\\pi$-puzzle.

Abstract

The influence of the isospin-breaking $\pi^0\!\!-\!\eta\!-\!\eta'$ mixing effect on the $CP$-asymmetries of $B\to K\pi$ processes is examined for the first time. It is found that this mixing effect brings a large uncertainty both to the $CP$-asymmetry sum rule of $B\to K\pi$ processes and the $CP$-asymmetry difference of the $B^+\to K^+\pi^0$ and $B^0\to K^+\pi^-$, obscuring the significance of the $K\pi$-puzzle. This uncertainty can be so large that it is even possible to explain the $K\pi$-puzzle by the $\pi^0\!\!-\!\eta\!-\!\eta'$ mixing effect {\it alone}.