Branching fractions and direct CP asymmetries of $$\bar B_s^0 \to K^0 h^ + h'^ - (h^{(')} = K,\pi )$$ decays

Abstract

Motivated by the recent LHCb collaboration measurements of charmless three-body decays of $\bar B_s^0$ meson, we calculate the branching fractions of $\bar B_s ^0 \to K^0 \pi^+\pi^-$, $\bar B_s ^0 \to K^0 K^+K^-$, $\bar B_s ^0 \to K^0 \pi^+K^-$ and $\bar B_s ^0 \to \bar K^0 K^+\pi^-$ decay modes using the factorization approach. Both the resonant and nonresonant contributions are studied in detail. For the decays $\bar B_s ^0 \to K^0 \pi^+\pi^-$ and $\bar B_s ^0 \to K^0 K^+K^-$, our results agree well with experimental data, and the former is dominated by the $K^*$, while the latter one is dominated by the nonresonant contribution. Considering the flavor SU(3) symmetry violation, the sum of branching fractions of $\bar B_s ^0 \to K^0 \pi^+K^-$ and $\bar B_s ^0 \to \bar K^0 K^+\pi^-$ could accommodate the data well too. It should be noted that both branching fractions are sensitive to the scalar density $< K\pi| \bar s q|0>$. Furthermore, the resonant contributions are dominated by the scalar $K_0^*(1430)$. We hope that these branching fractions could be measured individually in the experiments so as to test the factorization approach and the flavor SU(3) asymmetry. Moreover, the direct CP asymmetries of these decays are also investigated, which could be measured in the running LHCb experiment and Super-b factory in the future.