Measuring gamma in B -> K pi pi Decays

Abstract

We re-examine the question of measuring the weak phase gamma in B -> K pi pi decays. To this end, we express all B -> K pi pi amplitudes in terms of diagrams. We show that, as in B -> K pi, there exist relations between certain tree and electroweak-penguin diagrams. The imposition of these relations allows the extraction of gamma from measurements of the B -> K pi pi observables. We estimate the theoretical error in this method to be O(5%).

Comments: 20 pages, 10 figures, reference updated, sentences added regarding indirect CP violation and CP of the final state. Text added regarding the extraction of symmetric decay amplitudes using a Dalitz-plot analysis, and the momentum dependence of the diagrams