On the perturbative approach to the penguin-induced B -> pi phi decay

Using a modified perturbative approach that includes the Sudakov resummation and transverse degrees of freedom we analyze the penguin-induced B -> pi phi decay. The perturbative method enables us to include nonfactorizable contributions and to control virtual momenta appearing in the process. The calculation supports the results obtained in the standard BSW factorization approach, illustrating the electroweak penguin dominance and the branching ratio of order O(10^{-8}). However, the estimated prediction of 16% for CP asymmetry is much larger than that obtained in the factorization approach.