Comment on studying the corrections to factorization in B -> D(*) X

Abstract

We propose studying the mechanism of factorization in exclusive decays of the form B->D(*)X by examining the differential decay rate as a function of the invariant mass of the light hadronic state X. If factorization works primarily due to the large N_c limit then its accuracy is not expected to decrease as the X invariant mass increases. However, if factorization is mostly a consequence of perturbative QCD then the corrections should grow with the X invariant mass. Combining data for hadronic tau decays and semileptonic B decays allows tests of factorization to be made for a variety of final states. We discuss the examples of B->D^*π^+π^-π^-π^0 and B->D^*ωπ^-. The mode B->D^*ωπ^- will allow a precision study of the dependence of the corrections to factorization on the invariant mass of the light hadronic state.

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