Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2001-04-03
Nucl.Phys.B611:338-366,2001
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nucl. Phys. B 611 (2001) 338. Comparison with experiment is updated in the present hep-ph version. In particular, the publishe
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00347-9
The charm-loop contribution to B -> Xs gamma is found to be numerically dominant and very stable under logarithmic QCD corrections. The strong enhancement of the branching ratio by QCD logarithms is mainly due to the b-quark mass evolution in the top-quark sector. These observations allow us to achieve better control over residual scale dependence at the next-to-leading order. Furthermore, we observe that the sensitivity of the matrix element < Xs gamma | (sc)_(V-A)(cb)_(V-A) | b > to mc/mb is the source of a sizeable uncertainty that has not been properly taken into account in previous analyses. Replacing mc^pole/mb^pole in this matrix element by the more appropriate mc(mu)/mb^pole with mc < mu < mb causes an 11% enhancement of the SM prediction for BR[B -> Xs gamma]. For E_gamma > 1.6 GeV in the B-meson rest frame, we find BR[ B -> Xs gamma]_{E_gamma > 1.6 GeV} = (3.60 +_ 0.30) * 10^-4. The difference between our result and the current experimental world average is consistent with zero at the level of 1 sigma. We also discuss the implementation of new physics effects in our calculation. The lower bound on the charged Higgs boson mass in 2HDM(II) is found the be higher than 350 GeV.
Gambino Paolo
Misiak Mikolaj
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