Physics Letters B 770 (2017) 348–351
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Four-body baryonic decays of B → p
¯
pπ
+
π
−
(π
+
K
−
) and
¯
pπ
+
π
−
(K
+
K
−
)
Y.K. Hsiao
a,b
, C.Q. Geng
a,b,c,∗
a
Chongqing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Chongqing, 400065, China
b
Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan
c
Synergetic Innovation Center for Quantum Effects and Applications (SICQEA), Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t
Article history:
Received
7 April 2017
Accepted
25 April 2017
Available
online 28 April 2017
Editor: J.
Hisano
We study the four-body baryonic B → B
1
¯
B
2
M
1
M
2
decays with B
1,2
(M
1,2
) being charmless baryons
(mesons). In accordance with the recent LHCb observations, each decay is considered to proceed
through the B → M
1
M
2
transition together with the production of a baryon pair. We obtain that
B(B
−
→
¯
pπ
+
π
−
) =(3.7
+1.5
−1.0
) ×10
−6
and B(
¯
B
0
→ p
¯
pπ
+
π
−
, p
¯
pπ
+
K
−
) =(3.0 ±0.9, 6.6 ±2.4) ×10
−6
,
in agreement with the data. We also predict B(B
−
→
¯
pK
+
K
−
) = (3.0
+1.3
−0.9
) ×10
−6
, which is accessible
to the LHCb and BELLE experiments.
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1. Introduction
One of the main purposes of the B factories and current LHCb
is to study CP violation (CPV), which is important for us to under-
stand
the puzzle of the matter–antimatter asymmetry in the Uni-
verse.
As the observables, the (in)direct CP-violating asymmetries
(CPAs) require both weak and strong phases [1–3], whereas the
T-violating triple momentum product correlations (TPCs), such as
p
1
·(
p
2
×
p
3
) in a four-body decay, do not necessarily need a strong
phase [4,5]. For example, the LHCb Collaboration has provided the
first evidence for CPV from the TPCs in
b
→ pπ
−
π
+
π
−
[6], and
measured TPCs in
b
→ pK
−
μ
+
μ
−
[7]. As the similar baryonic
cases, the four-body baryonic B decays can also provide TPCs.
For
a long time, the B
−
→
¯
pπ
+
π
−
decay was the only ob-
served
decay mode in B → B
1
¯
B
2
M
1
M
2
[8]. Until very recently,
more four-body baryonic B decays have been observed by the
LHCb [9], which motivate us to give theoretical estimations on the
corresponding decay branching ratios. The experimental measure-
ments
for the branching ratios of
¯
B
0
/B
−
→B
1
¯
B
2
M
1
M
2
at the level
of 10
−6
are given by [8,9]
B(
¯
B
0
→ p
¯
pπ
+
π
−
) =(3.0 ±0.2 ±0.2 ±0.1) ×10
−6
,
B(
¯
B
0
→ p
¯
pK
∓
π
±
) =(6.6 ±0.3 ±0.3 ±0.3) ×10
−6
,
*
Corresponding author.
E-mail
address: geng@phys.nthu.edu.tw (C.Q. Geng).
B(B
−
→
¯
pπ
+
π
−
) =(5.92
+0.88
−0.84
±0.69) × 10
−6
, (1)
where the resonant B(B
−
→
¯
p (ρ
0
, f
2
(1270) →)π
+
π
−
) have
been excluded from the data [8]. In comparison with B(
¯
B
0
→
p
¯
pK
+
K
−
) (1.3 ± 0.3) × 10
−7
and B(
¯
B
0
s
→ p
¯
pπ
+
π
−
) < 7.3 ×
10
−7
(90% C.L.) [9], the decays with B ∼ 10
−6
in Eq. (1) are
recognized to have the same theoretical correspondence, where
¯
B
0
/B
−
→ B
1
¯
B
2
M
1
M
2
proceed through the B → M
1
M
2
transi-
tion
along with the B
1
¯
B
2
production, as depicted in Fig. 1. Note
that the
¯
B
0
s
decays of
¯
B
0
s
→ p
¯
pK
±
π
∓
and p
¯
pK
+
K
−
with
¯
s be-
ing
replaced by
¯
d in
¯
B
0
→ p
¯
pπ
+
π
−
and p
¯
pK
∓
π
±
have also
been found with the branching ratios of order 10
−6
[9], respec-
tively.
In
this report, we will calculate the four-body baryonic B de-
cays
in accordance with the decaying processes in Fig. 1, with
the extraction of the B → M
1
M
2
transition form factors from the
B → D
(∗)
M
1
M
2
and B → M
1
M
2
M
3
decays and the adoption of the
timelike baryonic form factors from the two-body and three-body
baryonic B decays. Our theoretical approach will be useful for the
estimations of TPCs in B → B
1
¯
B
2
M
1
M
2
to be compared to future
measurements by the LHCb.
2. Formalism
In terms of the quark-level effective Hamiltonian for the charm-
less
b → q
1
¯
q
2
q
3
transition, the amplitudes of the four-body bary-
onic
B decays by the generalized factorization approach are de-
rived
as [10]
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