Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
1999-04-26
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
18 pages in revtex, 1 figure in postscript file
Scientific paper
We develop perturbative QCD factorization theorems for inclusive b-hadron decays, in which radiative corrections characterized by the hadronic scale, the b-hadron mass, and the W boson mass are absorbed into a heavy hadron distribution function, a hard b quark decay amplitude, and a "harder" function, respectively. Double logarithmic corrections associated with a light energetic final-state quark, which appear at kinematic end points, are absorbed into a jet function. Various large logarithms contained in the above functions are summed to all orders, leading to the evolution factors among the three characteristic scales. The heavy hadron distribution function is identical to the one constructed in the framework of heavy quark effective theory. It is shown that hadron kinematics must be employed in factorization theorems, and that perturbative contributions, depending on hadron kinematics, distinguish the lifetimes of the b-hadrons $B_d, B_s$ and $\Lambda_b$. Assuming the same heavy-quark-effective-theory parametesr $\lambda_1$ for these hadrons, we predict the lifetimes $\tau(B_d)=1.56$ ps, $\tau(B_s)=1.46$ ps and $\tau(\Lambda_b)=1.22$ ps. We also predict the $B_u$ meson lifetime $\tau(B_u)=1.62$ ps by varying the B meson distribution function slightly. All the above results are consistent with experimental data.
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