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

Abstract

Pion-kaon ($\pi K$) final states, often appearing in heavy-particle decays at the precision frontier, are important for Standard-Model tests, to describe crossed channels with exotic states, and for spectroscopy of excited kaon resonances. We construct a representation of the $\pi K$ $S$-wave form factor using the elastic $\pi K$ scattering phase shift via dispersion relations in the elastic region and extend this model into the inelastic region using resonance exchange, while maintaining unitarity and the correct analytic structure. As a first application, we successfully described the $\tau \to K_S\pi {\nu }_{\tau }$ spectrum to not only achieve a better distinction between $S$- and $P$-wave contributions, but also to provide an improved estimate of the $CP$ asymmetry produced by a tensor operator as well as the forward-backward asymmetry, both of which can be confronted with future data at Belle II.

arXiv comment10 pages, 4 figures, Talk given at the 16th International Workshop on Tau Lepton Physics (Tau2021), to be published in SciPost Physics Proceedings, see https://scipost.org/submissions/scipost_202111_00029v1/

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