First observation of CP violation in B+ to rho(770)^0 K*(892)+ decays with A_CP = 0.507 and longitudinal polarization fraction f_L = 0.720 from 9 fb^-1 of LHCb data.
Resolution to the $B\to\phi K^*$ polarization puzzle
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We resolve the $B\to\phi K^{*}$ polarization puzzle by postulating a smaller $B\to K^*$ form factor $A_0\approx 0.3$ and by adding penguin annihilation and nonfactorizable contributions from the perturbative QCD approach. If this explanation is valid, the penguin-dominated modes governed by the $B\to K^*$ form factors, such as $B^+\to K^{*+} K^{*0}$ and $B^0\to K^{*0} {\bar K}^{*0}$, should exhibit similar polarization fractions. Our resolution is compared with others in the literature, and experimental discrimination is proposed.
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pQCD calculations predict ~90% longitudinal polarization in B_c to J/psi or psi(2S) plus rho or K* mediated light meson pairs, with one branching ratio ratio matching LHCb at 2.67 vs 2.80.
LHCb measures f_L^d = 0.600 and f_L^s = 0.159 for B to K* Kbar* decays and reports a ratio L of 4.92 that confirms 4.4 sigma discrepancy with theory.
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First observation of $CP$ violation and measurement of polarization in $B^+\to\rho(770)^0 K^*(892)^+$ decays
First observation of CP violation in B+ to rho(770)^0 K*(892)+ decays with A_CP = 0.507 and longitudinal polarization fraction f_L = 0.720 from 9 fb^-1 of LHCb data.
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$B_c$ meson decays into $S$-wave charmonium plus light meson pairs in the perturbative QCD approach
pQCD calculations predict ~90% longitudinal polarization in B_c to J/psi or psi(2S) plus rho or K* mediated light meson pairs, with one branching ratio ratio matching LHCb at 2.67 vs 2.80.
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Measurement of the branching fractions and longitudinal polarisations of $B^0_{(s)} \to K^{*0} \kern 0.18em \overline{\kern -0.18em K}{}^{*0}$ decays
LHCb measures f_L^d = 0.600 and f_L^s = 0.159 for B to K* Kbar* decays and reports a ratio L of 4.92 that confirms 4.4 sigma discrepancy with theory.