Perturbative QCD analysis ofBφK*decays

Abstract
We study the first observed charmless BVV modes, the BφK* decays, in perturbative QCD formalism. The obtained branching ratios B(BφK*)15×106 are larger than 9×106 from QCD factorization. The comparison of the predicted magnitudes and phases of the different helicity amplitudes, and branching ratios with experimental data can test the power counting rules, the evaluation of annihilation contributions, and the mechanism of dynamical penguin enhancement in perturbative QCD, respectively.