Factorization at subleading power and irreducible uncertainties in B X_s decay

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2010)099zbMATH Open1290.81162arXiv1003.5012OpenAlexW2004508906MaRDI QIDQ2015906FDOQ2015906

Authors: Yanyan Li 

Publication date: 24 June 2014

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using methods from soft-collinear and heavy-quark effective theory, a systematic factorization analysis is performed for the $$ photon spectrum in the endpoint region $m_b-2E_{g}amma=calO(Lambd{a}_{mQCD})$. It is proposed that, to all orders in $1/m_b$, the spectrum obeys a novel factorization formula, which besides terms with the structure $H,JotimesS$ familiar from inclusive $$ decay distributions contains "resolved photon" contributions of the form $$ and $$. Here $S$ and $$ are new soft and jet functions, whose form is derived. These contributions arise whenever the photon couples to light partons instead of coupling directly to the effective weak interaction. The new contributions appear first at order $1/m_b$ and are related to operators other than $Q_{7gamma}$ in the effective weak Hamiltonian. They give rise to non-vanishing $1/m_b$ corrections to the total decay rate, which cannot be described using a local operator product expansion. A systematic analysis of these effects is performed at tree level in hard and hard-collinear interactions. The resulting uncertainty on the decay rate defined with a cut $E_{g}amma>1.6$ GeV is estimated to be approximately $pm5\mathrm{\%}$. It could be reduced by an improved measurement of the isospin asymmetry $Delt{a}_{0-}$ to the level of $pm4\mathrm{\%}$. We see no possibility to reduce this uncertainty further using reliable theoretical methods.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.5012

Recommendations

• Refactorisation in subleading \(\bar{B}\to X_s\gamma\)
• Magnetic dipole operator contributions to the photon energy spectrum in \(\bar B \to X_s\gamma\) at \(O(\alpha_s^2)\)
• QCD CORRECTIONS TO THE RADIATIVE DECAY $\bar{B}\to X_s\gamma$
• Power suppressed effects in \(\bar{B}\rightarrow X_{s\Upsilon}\) at \(O(\alpha_s)\)
• Factorization of radiative leptonic decays of \(B^-\) and \(D^-\) mesons including the soft photon region

zbMATH Keywords

nonperturbative effectsB-physicsheavy quark physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nuclear physics (81V35) Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) Quantum scattering theory (81U99) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05)

Cites Work

• Brownian Motion of a Quantum Oscillator
• Multipole-expanded soft-collinear effective theory with non-Abelian gauge symmetry
• Spectator interactions in soft-collinear effective theory
• Soft-collinear effective theory and heavy-to-light currents beyond leading power
• Factorization and shape-function effects in inclusive \(B\)-meson decays
• Magnetic dipole operator contributions to the photon energy spectrum in \(\bar B \to X_s\gamma\) at \(O(\alpha_s^2)\)

Cited In (12)

• Uncertainty Study of B _d ( B _s ) → γνν̄ Decays
• Factorization for azimuthal asymmetries in SIDIS at next-to-leading power
• Logarithmically enhanced corrections to the decay rate and forward-backward asymmetry in \(\overline{B}\rightarrow X_sl^+l^-\)
• First subleading power resummation for event shapes
• Subleading power resummation of rapidity logarithms: the energy-energy correlator in \(\mathcal{N} = 4\) SYM
• Magnetic dipole operator contributions to the photon energy spectrum in \(\bar B \to X_s\gamma\) at \(O(\alpha_s^2)\)
• On the decay mode \(\Lambda_b\rightarrow X_s\gamma\)
• Refactorisation in subleading \(\bar{B}\to X_s\gamma\)
• Power suppressed effects in \(\bar{B}\rightarrow X_{s\Upsilon}\) at \(O(\alpha_s)\)
• \(\Delta F = 2\) observables and \(B \to X_{q}\gamma\) decays in the left-right model: Higgs particles striking back
• Charm-loop effect in \(B \to K^{(\ast)}\ell^{+}\ell^{-}\) and \(B \to K^{\ast}\gamma\)
• SPECTATOR EFFECTS IN THE DECAY B→Kγγ

This page was built for publication: Factorization at subleading power and irreducible uncertainties in \(\bar{B} \to {X_s}\gamma\) decay

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2015906)