Resolving the $\phi_2$ ($\alpha$) ambiguity in $B \to \rho \rho$

Abstract

I propose an alternative method for measuring the $CP$ violating phase $\phi_2$ ($\alpha$) without ambiguity in an extended SU(2) isospin triangle analysis, which can ultimately be achieved by exploiting interference effects between $B^0 \to \rho^0 \rho^0$ and $B^0 \to a_1^\pm \pi^\mp$ in a time-dependent flavour-tagged amplitude analysis. Under certain assumptions on the effective $\phi_2$ in each channel, I demonstrate with an idealised amplitude model that potential deviations in the measured $\phi_2$ due to penguin contamination in $B^0 \to a_1^\pm \pi^\mp$ are sufficiently large within current experimental uncertainties that this programme could be executed with Run 3 data at LHCb and easily at Belle II.