Study of four-body decays $B_{(s)} \to (\pi\pi)(\pi\pi)$ in the perturbative QCD approach

TL;DR

This paper systematically studies four-body $B_{(s)}$ decays into two pairs of pions using perturbative QCD, predicting branching ratios, CP asymmetries, and triple-product asymmetries, with results testable at LHCb and Belle-II.

Contribution

It improves the modeling of two-pion distribution amplitudes and provides new predictions for branching ratios and asymmetries in four-body B decays, including the first prediction of sizable true and fake triple-product asymmetries.

Findings

Predicted ${ m BR}(B^0 o ho^+ ho^-)$ consistent with data.

Calculated polarization fractions and branching ratios for various decay modes.

Predicted large true and fake triple-product asymmetries in $B^0 o ho^0 ho^0$ decays.

Abstract

In this work, we make a systematical study on the four-body $B_{(s)} \to (\pi\pi)(\pi\pi)$ decays in the perturbative QCD approach, where the $\pi\pi$ invariant mass spectra are dominated by the vector resonance $\rho(770)$ and the scalar resonance $f_0(980)$. We improve the Gengenbauer moments for the longitudinal $P$-wave two-pion distribution amplitudes (DAs) by fitting the PQCD factorization formulas to measured branching ratios of three-body and four-body $B$ decays. With the fitted Gegenbauer moments, we make predictions for the branching ratios and direct $CP$ asymmetries of four-body $B_{(s)} \to (\pi\pi)(\pi\pi)$ decays. We extract the branching ratios of two-body $B_{(s)} \to \rho\rho$ from the corresponding four-body decay modes and calculate the relevant polarization fractions. We find that the ${\cal B}(B^0 \to \rho^+\rho^-)$ is consistent with the previous theoretical predictions and data. The leading-order PQCD calculations of the ${\cal B}(B^+\to \rho^+\rho^0)$, ${\cal B}(B^0\to \rho^0\rho^0)$ and the $f_0(B^0\to \rho^0\rho^0)$ are a bit lower than the experimental measurements, which should be further examined. In addition, the "true" and "fake" triple-product asymmetries (TPAs) in the $B_{(s)}\to (\pi\pi)(\pi\pi)$ decays are also analyzed. The sizable averaged TPA ${\cal A}_{\text{T-true}}^{1, \text{ave}}=25.26\%$ of the color-suppressed decay $B^0\to \rho^0\rho^0 \to (\pi^+\pi^-)(\pi^+\pi^-)$ is predicted for the first time, which deviates a lot from the so-called "true" TPA $\mathcal{A}_\text{T-true}^1=7.92\%$ due to the large direct $CP$ violation. A large "fake" TPA $\mathcal{A}_\text{T-fake}^1=24.96\%$ of the decay $B^0\to \rho^0\rho^0 \to (\pi^+\pi^-)(\pi^+\pi^-)$ is also found, which indicates the significance of the final-state interactions. The predictions in this work can be tested by LHCb and Belle-II experiments in the near future.