Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2005-12-15
Phys.Rev. D74 (2006) 011501(R)
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
5 pages, journal version
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.74.011501
The most precise comparison between theory and experiment for the B -> Xs l+ l- rate is in the low q^2 region, but the hadronic uncertainties associated with an experimentally required cut on m_X potentially spoil the search for new physics in these decays. We show that a 10-30% reduction of d\Gamma(B -> Xs l+ l-) / dq^2 due to the m_X cut can be accurately computed using the B -> X_s gamma shape function. The effect is universal for all short distance contributions in the limit m_X^2 << m_B^2, and this universality is spoiled neither by realistic values of the m_X cut nor by alpha_s corrections. Both the differential decay rate and forward-backward asymmetry with an m_X cut are computed.
Lee Keith S. M.
Ligeti Zoltan
Stewart Iain W.
Tackmann Frank J.
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