On the scalar $\pi K$ form factor beyond the elastic region

Abstract

Pion-kaon ($\pi K$) pairs occur frequently as final states in heavy-particle decays. A consistent treatment of $\pi K$ scattering and production amplitudes over a wide energy range is therefore mandatory for multiple applications: in Standard Model tests; to describe crossed channels in the quest for exotic hadronic states; and for an improved spectroscopy of excited kaon resonances. In the elastic region, the phase shifts of $\pi K$ scattering in a given partial wave are related to the phases of the respective $\pi K$ form factors by Watson's theorem. Going beyond that, we here construct a representation of the scalar $\pi K$ form factor that includes inelastic effects via resonance exchange, while fulfilling all constraints from $\pi K$ scattering and maintaining the correct analytic structure. As a first application, we consider the decay $\tau \to K_S\pi {\nu }_{\tau }$, in particular, we study to which extent the $S$-wave $K_0^{\ast }(1430)$ and the $P$-wave $K^{\ast }(1410)$ resonances can be differentiated and provide an improved estimate of the $CP$ asymmetry produced by a tensor operator. Finally, we extract the pole parameters of the $K_0^{\ast }(1430)$ and $K_0^{\ast }(1950)$ resonances via Padé approximants, $\sqrt{s_{K_0^{\ast }(1430)}}=[1408(48)-i180(48)]$ MeV and $\sqrt{s_{K_0^{\ast }(1950)}}=[1863(12)-i136(20)]$ MeV, as well as the pole residues. A generalization of the method also allows us to formally define a branching fraction for $\tau \to K_0^{\ast }(1430){\nu }_{\tau }$ in terms of the corresponding residue, leading to the upper limit $\text{BR}(\tau \to K_0^{\ast }(1430){\nu }_{\tau })<1.6\times 10^{-4}$.

18 pages, 12 figures; journal version

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