Penguin Effects in $B_d^0\to J/\psi K^0_S$ and $B_s^0\to J/\psi\phi$

Abstract

Controlling the contributions from doubly Cabibbo-suppressed penguin topologies in the decays $B_d^0\to J/\psi K^0_S$ and $B_s^0\to J/\psi\phi$ is mandatory to reach the highest possible precision in the measurement of the $B^0_q$--$\bar B^0_q$ ($q=d,s$) mixing phases $\phi_d$ and $\phi_s$. The penguin contributions can be determined using a strategy based on the $SU(3)$ flavour symmetry of QCD. Using the latest experimental data, we update our combined analysis of the decays $B_d^0\to J/\psi K^0_S$, $B_s^0\to J/\psi\phi$ and their control channels $B_s^0\to J/\psi K^0_S$, $B_d^0\to J/\psi \pi^0$ and $B_d^0\to J/\psi \rho^0$. This allows us to simultaneously determine the penguin parameters and both mixing phases. We discuss how the branching fractions of these decays can be used to probe the size of non-factorisable $SU(3)$-breaking effects, which form the main theoretical uncertainty associated with our $SU(3)$-based strategy, and provide new insights into the factorisation approach.