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Radiative corrections to hard spectator scattering in decays
We present the calculation of the next-to-leading corrections to the tree
amplitudes which appear in the description of non-leptonic B-decays in the
factorization approach. These corrections, together with radiative corrections
to the jet functions, represent the full next-to-leading contributions to the
dominant hard spectator scattering term generated by operators in the
decay amplitudes. Using obtained analytical results we estimate
branchings fractions in the physical (or BBNS) factorization scheme. We have
also found that the imaginary part generated in the hard spectator scattering
term is rather large compared to the imaginary part of the vertex contribution.Comment: text is improved and typos are corrected, accepted for publication in
JHE
SCET sum rules for B->P and B->V transition form factors
We investigate sum rules for heavy-to-light transition form factors at large
recoil derived from correlation functions with interpolating currents for light
pseudoscalar or vector fields in soft-collinear effective theory (SCET). We
consider both, factorizable and non-factorizable contributions at leading power
in the Lambda/m_b expansion and to first order in the strong coupling constant
alpha_s, neglecting contributions from 3-particle distribution amplitudes in
the B-meson. We pay particular attention to various sources of parametric and
systematic uncertainties. We also discuss certain form factor ratios where part
of the hadronic uncertainties related to the B-meson distribution amplitude and
to logarithmically enhanced alpha_s corrections cancel.Comment: 27 pages, 19 figures, minor corrections, matches journal versio