25 research outputs found

    Subleading Power Factorization in BΛ‰β†’Xsβ„“+β„“βˆ’\bar B \to X_s \ell^+\ell^-

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    We analyze the factorization to subleading power in the flavor changing neutral current process BΛ‰β†’Xsβ„“+β„“βˆ’\bar B\to X_s \ell^+ \ell^-. In particular, we compute the so-called resolved contributions and explore the numerical impact on observables. In these contributions the virtual photon couples to light partons instead of connecting directly to the effective weak-interaction vertex. They represent an irreducible uncertainty in the inclusive BΛ‰β†’Xsβ„“+β„“βˆ’\bar B \to X_s \ell^+ \ell^- decay which cannot be removed by relaxing the experimentally necessary cuts in the hadronic mass spectrum.Comment: 32 pages,18 figure

    Taming the higher power corrections in semileptonic B decays

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    We study the effect of dimension 7 and 8 operators on inclusive semileptonic B decays and the extraction of |Vcb|. Using moments of semileptonic B decay spectra and information based on the Lowest-Lying State saturation Approximation (LLSA) we perform a global fit of the nonperturbative parameters of the heavy quark expansion including for the first time the O(1/mb^{4,5}) contributions. Higher power corrections appear to have a very small effect on the extraction of |Vcb|, independently of the weight we attribute to the LLSA.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, small changes to match accepted publication in PL

    Non-cancellation of electroweak logarithms in high-energy scattering

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    We study electroweak Sudakov corrections in high energy scattering, and the cancellation between real and virtual Sudakov corrections. Numerical results are given for the case of heavy quark production by gluon collisions involving the rates gg→ttˉ,bbˉ,tbˉW,ttˉZ,bbˉZ,ttˉH,bbˉHgg \to t \bar t, b \bar b, t \bar b W, t \bar t Z, b \bar b Z, t \bar t H, b \bar b H. Gauge boson virtual corrections are related to real transverse gauge boson emission, and Higgs virtual corrections to Higgs and longitudinal gauge boson emission. At the LHC, electroweak corrections become important in the TeV regime. At the proposed 100 TeV collider, electroweak interactions enter a new regime, where the corrections are very large and need to be resummed.Comment: 11 pages, 12 figures, 1 table. v2: Journal versio

    A proposal to solve some puzzles in semileptonic B decays

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    Some long-standing problems in the experimental data for semileptonic b -> c l nu decay rates have resisted attempts to resolve them, despite substantial efforts. We summarize the issues, and propose a possible resolution, which may alleviate several of these tensions simultaneously, including the "1/2 vs. 3/2 puzzle" and the composition of the inclusive decay rate in terms of exclusive channels.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
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