Published September 1, 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Spin effects in the radiative b→sγg decay of a polarized b quark

  • 1. Physics Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey)

Description

Using the general formalism of structure functions (SF's), the polarization effects in the rare radiative decay of polarized b quarks, b→sγg, are analyzed. Parametrizing the matrix element for the decay b→sγg in terms of weak magnetic moments, which describe the transitions b→sγ and b→sg, we find exact expressions for the SF's which are valid for a wide class of models for the FCNC's. We demonstrated that the different asymmetries in this decay are very sensitive to the model of FCNC's. The numerical calculations (with and without QCD corrections) show that asymmetry in b→γ(sg) is large in absolute value and its energy dependence is very sensitive to the choice of model. We also analyze the relative importance of different contributions to the asymmetry in b→γ(sg)

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
52
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 2837-2849.
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ