文摘
In this paper, we study the properties of the twist-3 distribution amplitude (DA) of the heavy pseudoscalars such as \(\eta _c\), \(B_c\), and \(\eta _b\). New sum rules for the twist-3 DA moments \(\langle \xi ^n_P\rangle _\mathrm{HP}\) and \(\langle \xi ^n_\sigma \rangle _\mathrm{HP}\) up to sixth order and up to dimension-six condensates are deduced under the framework of the background field theory. Based on the sum rules for the twist-3 DA moments, we construct a new model for the two twist-3 DAs of the heavy pseudoscalar with the help of the Brodsky–Huang–Lepage prescription. Furthermore, we apply them to the \(B_c\rightarrow \eta _c\) transition form factor (\(f^{B_c\rightarrow \eta _c}_+(q^2)\)) within the light-cone sum rules approach, and the results are comparable with other approaches. It has been found that the twist-3 DAs \(\phi ^P_{3;\eta _c}\) and \(\phi ^\sigma _{3;\eta _c}\) are important for a reliable prediction of \(f^{B_c\rightarrow \eta _c}_+(q^2)\). For example, at the maximum recoil region, we have \(f^{B_c\rightarrow \eta _c}_+(0) = 0.674 \pm 0.066\), in which those two twist-3 terms provide \({\sim }33\) and \({\sim }22\,\%\) contributions. Also we calculate the branching ratio of the semi-leptonic decay \(B_c \rightarrow \eta _c l\nu \) as \(Br(B_c \rightarrow \eta _c l\nu ) = ( 9.31^{+2.27}_{-2.01} ) \times 10^{-3}\).