Looking for New Physics in B --> K^* \pi and B --> \rho K Decays

Understand

B --> K^* \pi and B --> \rho K decays involve the same quark-level processes as B --> \pi K.

• Analyzing the measurements of the former decays might be able to shed additional light on the new-physics hints in the current B --> \pi K data.
• We perform fits to B --> K^* \pi and B --> \rho K decays, and find that the data can be accommodated within the standard model.
• However, this agreement is due principally to the large errors in the data, particularly the CP-violating asymmetries.