Light-front quark model analysis of rare $B\to K\ell^+\ell^-$ decays

Abstract

Using the light-front quark model, we calculate the transition form factors, decay rates, and longitudinal lepton polarization asymmetries for the exclusive rare $B\to K\ell^+\ell^-(\ell=e,\mu,\tau$) decays within the standard model. Evaluating the timelike form factors, we use the analytic continuation method in $q^+=0$ frame to obtain the form factors $F_+$ and $F_T$, which are free from zero-mode. The form factor $F_-$ which is not free from zero-mode in $q^+ = 0$ frame and contaminated by the higher(or nonvalence) Fock states in $q^+ \neq 0$ frame is obtained from an effective treatment for handling the nonvalence contribution based on the Bethe-Salpeter formalism. The covariance(i.e. frame-independence) of our model calculation is discussed. We obtain the branching ratios for ${\rm BR}(B\to K\ell^+\ell^-)$ as $4.96\times10^{-7}|V_{ts}/V_{cb}|^2$ for $\ell=e,\mu$ and $1.27\times 10^{-7}|V_{ts}/V_{cb}|^2$ for $\ell=\tau$.