CP asymmetries in charged meson decay to two pions

Abstract

We study the CP asymmetries in $B^+$, $D^+$, and $K^+$ decays into $\pi^+\pi^0$. These asymmetries are commonly known to vanish in the isospin limit. We clarify what is meant by the term ``isospin limit" in this context. We provide a unified formalism to discuss these asymmetries, and develop an understanding of how various suppression factors distinguish between them qualitatively. We estimate the size of the asymmetries in the Standard Model: $A_{CP}(B^+\to\pi^+\pi^0)\sim 3\times10^{-3}$, $A_{CP}(D^+\to\pi^+\pi^0)\sim 10^{-5}$, and $A_{CP}(K^+\to\pi^+\pi^0)\sim 10^{-6}$