Complete electroweak matching for radiative B decays
Creators
- 1. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Theory Division, Geneva (Switzerland)
- 2. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut), Munich (DE) and Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Physik Dept., Garching (DE)
Description
We compute the complete two-loop O(α) Wilson coefficients relevant for radiative decays of the B meson in the SM. This is a necessary step in the calculation of the O(ααsn lnn mb/MW) corrections and improves on our previous analysis of electroweak effects in B→Xs γ. We describe in detail several interesting technical aspects of the calculation and include all dominant QED matrix elements. In our final result, we neglect only terms originated from the unknown O(ααs) evolution of the Wilson coefficients and some suppressed two-loop matrix elements. Due to the compensation among different effects, we find that non-trivial electroweak corrections decrease the branching ratio by about 3.6% for a light Higgs boson, very close to our previous result. The corresponding SM prediction for the branching ratio with Eγ>1.6 GeV is (3.61±0.30)x10-4. (author)
Availability note (English)
Available online at the Web site for the Journal of High Energy Physics (ISSN 1029-8479) http://jhep.sissa.it/Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Journal Volume
- 10
- Journal Issue
- 2001
- Journal Page Range
- p. vp
- ISSN
- 1126-6708
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Italy
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 33014855
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- B MESONS; BRANCHING RATIO; GEV RANGE; HAMILTONIANS; HIGGS BOSONS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; RADIATIVE DECAY; STANDARD MODEL; WEINBERG-SALAM GAUGE MODEL; WILSON LOOP
- Descriptors DEC
- BEAUTY MESONS; BEAUTY PARTICLES; BOSONS; DECAY; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; HADRONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MESONS; PARTICLE DECAY; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES