B Decays Involving $\eta$ and $\eta'$ in the Light of the $B \to K \eta'$ Process

Abstract

The observation by the CLEO Collaboration of the decays $B^{(+,0)} \to K^{(+,0)} \eta'$ is shown to imply a significant but still uncertain contribution from the flavor-SU(3)-singlet component of the $\eta'$. By comparing the rate for these decays with others for decays of B mesons to two pseudoscalar mesons, it is shown that the prospects for observing CP-violating asymmetries in certain modes such as $B^+ \to \pi^+ \eta$ and $B^+ \to \pi^+ \eta'$ are quite bright.