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Helicity and partial wave amplitude analysis of D -> K^* ρdecay

arXiv:hep-ph/9910350 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.59.114013

Abstract

We have carried out an analysis of helicity and partial-wave amplitudes for the process D -> K^* ρin the factorization approximation using several models for the form factors. All the models, with the exception of one, generate partial-wave amplitudes with the hierarchy . The one exception gives . Even though in most models the D-wave amplitude is an order of magnitude smaller than the S-wave amplitude, its effect on the longitudinal polarization could be as large as 30%. Due to a misidentification of the partial-wave amplitudes in terms of the Lorentz structures in the relevant literature, we cast doubt on the veracity of the listed data, particularly the partial-wave branching ratios. (PACS numbers: 13.25.-k, 13.25.Ft)

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