Direct CP Violation in $B^\pm\to\rho^\pm\pi^+\pi^-$ in the $\rho^0$-$\omega$ Interference Region

Abstract

We study direct CP violation in $B^\pm \to \rho^\pm\rho^0(\omega) \to \rho^\pm\pi^+\pi^-$ and focus specifically on the rate asymmetry in the $\rho^0$-$\omega$ interference region. Here the strong phase is dominated by isospin violation, so that it can be essentially determined by $e^+e^- \to \rho^0 (\omega) \to \pi^+\pi^-$ data. We find the CP-violating asymmetry to be of the order of 20% at the $\omega$ invariant mass. Moreover, it is robust with respect to the estimable strong-phase uncertainties, permitting the extraction of $\sin\alpha$ from this channel.