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Status of the decay with a chiral-odd -meson light-cone distribution amplitude
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 -meson has attracted considerable interest due to its unique properties. In this work, we construct the transverse leading-twist light-cone distribution amplitude of the -meson using the light-cone harmonic oscillator model, in which a parameter 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 decays, and further, we get the branching fraction, and , where errors are squared average of the mentioned error sources. Furthermore, we have extracted the Cabbibo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element with improved precision through the analysis. Finally, we calculated the polarization parameter and asymmetry parameter for the decays.
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