Signal for CP violation in $B^{\pm} \to P {\bar P} \pi^{\pm}$ decays

Abstract

We analyze the partial rate asymmetry in $B^{\pm} \to P {\bar P} \pi^{\pm}$ decays ($P = \pi^+, K ^+, \pi^0, \eta$) which results from the interference of the nonresonant decay amplitude and the resonant amplitude for $B^{\pm} \to \chi_{c0} \pi^{\pm}$ followed by the decay $\chi_{c0} \to P {\bar P}$. The CP violating phase $\gamma$ can be extracted from the measured asymmetry. We find that the partial rate asymmetry for $B^\pm \to \pi^+ \pi^- \pi^\pm$ is $0.33~sin \gamma$, while for $B^\pm \to K^+ K^-\pi^\pm$ it amounts $0.45~ sin \gamma$.Comment: 3 pages, latex, no figures, Talk given by S. Fajfer at the Hyperons, Charm and Beauty Hadrons, Genova, Italy, 30 June -3 July 1998, to appear as proceedings in Nucl. Phys.