Up-down asymmetries and angular distributions in D→K1(→Kππ)ℓ+νℓ

Abstract

Using the helicity amplitude technique, we derive differential decay widths and angular distributions for the decay cascade $D\to K_{1}(1270,1400)\ell^+\nu_{\ell}\to (K\pi\pi)\ell^+\nu_{\ell} (\ell=e,\mu)$, in which the electron and muon mass is explicitly included. Using a set of phenomenological results for $D\to K_1$ form factors, we calculate partial decay widths and branching fractions for $D^0\to K_1^-\ell^+\nu_{\ell}$ and $D^+\to K_1^0\ell^+\nu_{\ell}$, but find that results for ${\cal B}(D\to K_1(1270)e^+\nu_{e})$ are larger than recent BESIII measurements by about a factor 1.5. We further demonstrate that the measurement of up-down asymmetry in $D\to K_{1}e^+\nu_e\to (K\pi\pi)e^+\nu_{e}$ and angular distributions in $D\to K_{1}\ell^+\nu_\ell\to (K\pi\pi)\ell^+\nu_{\ell}$ can help to determine the hadronic amplitude requested in $B\to K_1(\to K\pi\pi)\gamma$. Based on the Monte-Carlo simulation with the LHCb geometrical acceptance, we find that the angular distributions of MC events can be well described.