Contribution of low-lying vector resonances to polarization observables in \bar B_d^0 -> \bar K*0 e+ e- decay

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The branching ratio and other observables for the rare flavour-changing neutral current decay \bar B_d^0 -> \bar K*0 (-> K- pi+) e+ e- are studied below the \bar{c} c threshold.

• The total amplitude for this decay includes the term coming from the standard model effective Hamiltonian and the term generated by the processes \bar B_d^0 -> \bar K*0 (-> K- pi+) V with intermediate low-lying vector resonances V = rho(770), omega(782), phi(1020) decaying into the e+ e- pair.
• The resonance contribution to the branching ratio, polarization fractions of the K* meson and coefficients in the angular distribution is calculated.
• The influence of the resonances on the integrated observables in the region of electron-positron invariant mass up to 1 GeV is studied in view of the planned measurements of the photon polarization at the LHCb.