Branching Ratios and CP Violations of B \to K_0^*(1430) K^* Decays in the pQCD Approach

Xin Liu, Zhen-Jun Xiao, Zhi-Tian Zou

Published 2013-09-27, updated 2013-10-31Version 2

We investigate $B \to K_0^*(1430) K^*$ decays in the perturbative QCD(pQCD) factorization approach, where $B$ denotes $B_u$, $B_d$ and $B_s$ meson respectively, and the scalar $K_0^*(1430)$ is considered as a meson based on the model of conventional two-quark structure. With the light-cone distribution amplitude of $K_0^*(1430)$ defined in two scenarios, namely Scenario 1 and Scenario 2, we make the first estimation for the branching ratios and CP-violating asymmetries for those concerned decay modes in the pQCD factorization approach. For all considered $B \to K_0^*(1430) K^*$ decays in this paper, only one preliminary upper limit on the branching ratio of $B^0 \to {K_0^*(1430)}^0 \bar{K}^{*0}$ measured at 90% C.L. by Belle Collaboration is available now. It is therefore of great interest to examine the predicted physical quantities at two $B$ factories, Large Hadron Collider experiments, and forthcoming Super-$B$ facility, then test the reliability of the pQCD approach employed to study the considered decay modes involving a $p$-wave scalar meson as one of the final state mesons. Furthermore, these pQCD predictions combined with the future precision measurements are also helpful to explore the complicated QCD dynamics involved in the light scalars.