Non-leptonic B decays involving tensor mesons

Abstract

Two-body non-leptonic decays of B mesons into PT and VT modes are calculated using the non-relativistic quark model of Isgur et al.. The predictions obtained for $B\to \pi D_2^{\ast },\rho D_2^{\ast }$ are a factor of $3\sim 5$ below present experimental upper limits. Interesting patterns are obtained for ratios of B decays involving mesons with different spin excitations and their relevance for additional tests of forms factor models are briefly discussed.

Comments: 11 pages, Latex, to appear in Phys. Rev. D