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Status of the Ds+→ϕℓ+νℓ decay with a chiral-odd ϕ-meson light-cone distribution amplitude

Ya-Xiong Wang1,*, Dan-Dan Hu2,*, Wan-Bing Luo1, Tao Zhong1,3, and Hai-Bing Fu1,3,†

  • *Ya-Xiong Wang and Dan-Dan Hu contributed equally to this work.
  • †Contact author: fuhb@gzmu.edu.cn

Phys. Rev. D 112, 056008 – Published 10 September, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/byd6-f7sv

Abstract

The twist-2 distribution amplitude of the ϕ-meson has attracted considerable interest due to its unique properties. In this work, we construct the transverse leading-twist light-cone distribution amplitude ϕ2;ϕ⊥(x,μ0) of the ϕ-meson using the light-cone harmonic oscillator model, in which a parameter B2;ϕ⊥ dominantly controls its longitudinal distribution. To explicitly isolate different twist contributions, we employ the right-handed chiral correlator for the QCD light-cone sum rules calculation of Ds+→ϕ decays, and further, we get the branching fraction, B(Ds+→ϕe+νe)=(2.271−0.243+0.291)×10−2 and B(Ds+→ϕμ+νμ)=(2.250−0.240+0.287)×10−2, where errors are squared average of the mentioned error sources. Furthermore, we have extracted the Cabbibo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |Vcs|=0.975−0.066+0.067 with improved precision through the analysis. Finally, we calculated the polarization parameter and asymmetry parameter for the Ds+→ϕ decays.

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