Study of $B_{(s)}^0 \to \phi\phi \to (K^+K^-)(K^+K^-)$ decays in the perturbative QCD approach

TL;DR

This paper analyzes $B_{(s)}^0 o \phi\phi$ decays using perturbative QCD, accounting for scalar backgrounds, refining distribution amplitudes, and predicting polarization and asymmetry observables consistent with experimental data.

Contribution

It introduces improved $KK$ distribution amplitudes, extracts branching ratios from multi-body decays, and predicts large fake triple product asymmetries indicating final-state interactions.

Findings

Predicted zero true TPAs consistent with the Standard Model.

First prediction of large fake TPA (~30%) in $B_s^0$ decay.

Results align with measurements from CDF and LHCb.

Abstract

In this work, we make a detailed analysis on the penguin-dominant processes $B_{(s)}^0 \to \phi\phi \to (K^+K^-)(K^+K^-)$ in the perturbative QCD (PQCD) approach. In addition to the dominant $P$-wave resonance, the scalar background $f_0(980) \to K^+K^-$ is also accounted for. We improve the Gegenbauer moments in $KK$ two-meson distribution amplitudes by fitting the PQCD factorization formulas to measured branching ratios of three-body and four-body $B$ decays. We extract the branching ratios of two-body $B_{(s)}^0 \to \phi\phi$ decays from the corresponding four-body decay modes and calculate the relevant polarization fractions together with two relative phases $\phi_{\parallel,\perp}$, which are consistent with the previous theoretical predictions. The PQCD predictions for the "true" triple product asymmetries (TPAs) are zero which are expected in the standard model due to the vanishing weak phase difference, and support the current data reported by the CDF and LHCb Collaborations. A large "fake" TPA $\mathcal{A}_\text{T-fake}^1=30.4\%$ of the decay $B^0_s \to \phi\phi \to (K^+K^-)(K^+K^-)$ is predicted for the first time, which indicates the presence of the significant final-state interactions. The TPAs of the rare decay channel $B^0 \to \phi\phi\to (K^+K^-)(K^+K^-)$ are also predicted and can be tested in the near future.