Measurement of the branching fraction, polarization, and time-dependent $CP$ asymmetry in $B^0 \to \rho^+\rho^-$ decays and constraint on the CKM angle $\phi_2$

TL;DR

This paper reports measurements of the branching fraction, polarization, and CP asymmetry in B0 to rho+ rho- decays, using Belle II data, and constrains the CKM angle phi_2 with improved precision.

Contribution

First measurement of these parameters in B0 to rho+ rho- decays with Belle II data, providing new constraints on the CKM angle phi_2.

Findings

Branching fraction: (2.89 +0.23/-0.22) x 10^-5

Longitudinal polarization fraction: 0.921 +0.024/-0.025

CKM angle phi_2: (92.6 +4.5/-4.7) degrees

Abstract

We present a measurement of the branching fraction and fraction of longitudinal polarization of $B^0 \to \rho^+ \rho^-$ decays, which have two $\pi^0$'s in the final state. We also measure time-dependent {\it CP} violation parameters for decays into longitudinally polarized $\rho^+ \rho^-$ pairs. This analysis is based on a data sample containing $(387\pm6) \times 10^6$ $\Upsilon(4S)$ mesons collected with the Belle~II detector at the SuperKEKB asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$ collider in 2019-2022. We obtain $\mathcal{B}(B^0\to\rho^+\rho^-) = (2.89 ^{+0.23}_{-0.22} {}^{+0.29}_{-0.27}) \times 10^{-5}, f_{L} = 0.921 ^{+0.024}_{-0.025} {}^{+0.017}_{-0.015}$, \mbox{$S = -0.26\pm0.19\pm0.08$}, and $C = -0.02\pm0.12^{+0.06}_{-0.05}$, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. We use these results to perform an isospin analysis to constrain the CKM angle $\phi_2$ and obtain two solutions; the result consistent with other Standard Model constraints is $\phi_2 = (92.6^{+4.5}_{-4.7})^\circ$.