A study of semi-inclusive charmless $B\to \pi X$ decays

Abstract

We study semi-inclusive charmless decays $B\to \pi X$ in detail, such as ${\bar{B}}^0\to {\pi }^{\pm (0)}X$, $B^0\to {\pi }^{\pm (0)}X$, $B^{\pm }\to {\pi }^{\pm (0)}X$, where $X$ does not contain a charm (anti)quark. We find that the process ${\bar{B}}^0\to {\pi }^{-}X$ ($B^0\to {\pi }^{+}X$) can be particularly useful for determination of the CKM matrix element $|V_{ub}|$. We calculate and present the branching ratio (BR) of ${\bar{B}}^0\to {\pi }^{-}X$ as a function of $|V_{ub}|$, with an estimate of possible uncertainties. It is expected that the BR is an order of $10^{-4}$. Our estimation indicates that one can phenomenologically determine $|V_{ub}|$ with reasonable accuracy by measuring the BR of ${\bar{B}}^0\to {\pi }^{-}X$ ($B^0\to {\pi }^{+}X$).

arXiv comment18 pages, 7 figures; Revtex; version accepted for publication in Eur. Phys. J. C

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