Exploring CP Violation with $B_c$ Decays

Abstract

We point out that the pure ``tree'' decays $B_c^{\pm }\to D_s^{\pm }D$ are particularly well suited to extract the CKM angle $\gamma$ through amplitude relations. In contrast to conceptually similar strategies using $B^{\pm }\to K^{\pm }D$ or $B_d\to K^{\ast 0}D$ decays, the advantage of the $B_c$ approach is that the corresponding triangles have three sides of comparable length and do not involve small amplitudes. Decays of the type $B_c^{\pm }\to D^{\pm }D$ -- the $U$-spin counterparts of $B_c^{\pm }\to D_s^{\pm }D$ -- can be added to the analysis, as well as channels, where the $D_s^{\pm }$- and $D^{\pm }$-mesons are replaced by higher resonances.

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