$a_0(980)$-meson twist-2 distribution amplitude within the QCD sum rules and investigation of $D \to a_0(980) (\toηπ) e^+ν_e$

Abstract

In this paper, moments of $a_0(980)$-meson twist-2 light-cone distribution amplitudes were deeply researched by using QCD sum rules approach within background field theory. Up to 9th-order accuracy, we present $\langleξ_{2;a_0}^n\rangle|_{μ_0}$ at the initial scale $μ_0 = 1~{\rm GeV}$, i.e. $\langleξ^1_{2;a_0}\rangle|_{μ_0} = -0.307(43)$, $\langleξ^3_{2;a_0}\rangle|_{μ_0} = -0.181(34)$, $\langleξ^5_{2;a_0}\rangle|_{μ_0} = -0.078(28)$, $\langleξ^7_{2;a_0}\rangle|_{μ_0} = -0.049(26)$, $\langleξ^9_{2;a_0}\rangle|_{μ_0} = -0.036(24)$, respectively. An improved light-cone harmonic oscillator model for $a_0(980)$-meson twist-2 light-cone distribution amplitudes is adopted, where its parameters are fixed by using the least squares method based on the $\langleξ_{2;a_0}^n\rangle|_{μ_0}$, and their goodness of fit reach to $95.4\%$. Then, we calculate the $D\to a_0(980)$ transition form factors within the light-cone sum rules approach, and at largest recoil point, we obtain $f_+^{D\to a_0}(0) = 1.058^{+0.068}_{-0.035}$ and $f_-^{D\to a_0}(0) = 0.764^{+0.044}_{-0.036}$. As a further application, the branching fractions of the $D\to a_0(980)\ell\barν_\ell$ semileptonic decays are given. Taking the decay $a_0(980)\to ηπ$ into consideration, we obtain ${\cal B}(D^0 \to a_0(980)^- (\to ηπ^-) e^+ν_e) =(1.330^{+0.216}_{-0.134})\times10^{-4}$, ${\cal B}(D^+\to a_0(980)^0(\to ηπ^0)e^+ν_e)=(1.675^{+0.272}_{-0.169})\times10^{-4}$, which are consistent with the BESIII collaboration and PDG data within errors. Finally, we present the angle observables of forward-backward asymmetries, $q^2$-differential flat terms and lepton polarization asymmetry of the semileptonic decay $D\to a_0(980)\ell\barν_\ell$.