Isospin symmetry and analyticity in $D\to \bar{K}\ddot{I}€\ddot{I}€$ decays

Abstract

We perform a detailed study of the consequences of isospin symmetry in the Cabibbo favoured $D\to\Kbarππ$ decays. These processes are important for precision testing of the Standard Model and for hadronic physics. Combining isospin symmetry with a dispersive reconstruction theorem we derive a representation in terms of one-variable functions which allows one to predict all the $D\to\Kbarππ$ amplitudes given inputs from one $D^{+}$ mode and one $D^0$ mode. From this, using dispersion relations and unitarity, we derive a set of 6+6 Khuri-Treiman type integral equations which enable to take three-body rescattering effects into account. A first test of this approach is presented using experimental results on the $D^+\to K_S\piz\pip$ and the $D^0\to K_S\pim\pip$ modes.

55 pages,13 figures