Analysis of the Photon Spectrum in Inclusive $B\to X_s\,γ$ Decays

Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

(Sec. 5 has been modified, and a discussion of radiative corrections has been added to Sec. 6), 26 pages, CERN-TH.7113/93

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.49.4623

Using a combination of the operator product and heavy quark expansions, we resum the leading nonperturbative contributions to the inclusive photon spectrum in $B\to X_s\,\gamma$ decays. The shape of the spectrum is determined by a universal structure function, which describes the distribution of the light-cone momentum of the $b$-quark inside the $B$-meson. The moments of this function are proportional to forward matrix elements of higher-dimension operators. As a by-product, we obtain the bound $\lambda_1<0$ for one of the parameters of the heavy quark effective theory. The integral over the $B\to X_s\,\gamma$ structure function is related to the shape function that governs the fall-off of the lepton spectrum close to the endpoint in $B\to X_u\,\ell\,\bar\nu$ decays. A measurement of the photon spectrum in rare $B$-decays can therefore help to obtain a model-independent determination of $V_{ub}$.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Analysis of the Photon Spectrum in Inclusive $B\to X_s\,γ$ Decays does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Analysis of the Photon Spectrum in Inclusive $B\to X_s\,γ$ Decays, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Analysis of the Photon Spectrum in Inclusive $B\to X_s\,γ$ Decays will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-148310

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.