Published October 2001 | Version v1
Journal article

Complete electroweak matching for radiative B decays

  • 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)

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Available online at the Web site for the Journal of High Energy Physics (ISSN 1029-8479) http://jhep.sissa.it/

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Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
2001
Journal Page Range
p. vp
ISSN
1126-6708