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b \to ss\bar{d}$ in a Vector Quark Model

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-11-18 v1

Abstract

The rare decay bssdˉb\to ss\bar{d} is studied in a vector quark model by adding the contributions from exotic vector-like quarks. We find that the contribution from box diagrams amounts to 10910^{-9} in the branching ratio, while the ZZ-mediated tree level contribution is negligible.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0410144,
  title  = {b \to ss\bar{d}$ in a Vector Quark Model},
  author = {Hai-Ying Cai and Da-Xin Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0410144},
  year   = {2014}
}

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LaTeX, 9 pages with 1 figure

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