Theoretical Status of B -> Xs gamma Decays

Details Theoretical Status of B -> Xs gamma Decays Theoretical Status of B -> Xs gamma Decays

1998-09-14

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9809377v1

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High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

6 pages, 1 figure, uses ltwol2e.sty (included); to appear in the Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on High Ener

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We review the theoretical understanding of the branching ratio and photon-energy spectrum in B -> Xs gamma decays at next-to-leading order in QCD, including consistently the effects of Fermi motion. For the Standard Model, we obtain B(B -> Xs gamma)=(3.29 +- 0.33)*10^{-4} for the total branching ratio, and B(B -> Xs gamma)=(2.85+0.34-0.40)*10^{-4} if a cut E_gamma > 2.1 GeV is applied on the photon energy, as done in the recent CLEO analysis. A precise measurement of the photon spectrum would help reducing the theoretical uncertainty and yield important information on the momentum distribution of b quarks inside B mesons.

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