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Bremsstrahlung corrections to the decay $b \to s \gamma$

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-28 v2

Abstract

We calculate the O(αs\alpha_s) gluon Bremsstrahlung corrections to the inclusive decay bsγb \rightarrow s \gamma, involving the full operator basis O^1\hat O_1 -- O^8\hat O_8. Confirming and extending earlier calculations of Ali and Greub, we give formulas for the total decay width as well as the perturbative photon spectrum, regarding the former as a necessary part of the forthcoming complete NLO analysis. We explore in detail the renormalization scale dependence of our results and find it considerably increased.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9512252,
  title  = {Bremsstrahlung corrections to the decay $b \to s \gamma$},
  author = {Nicolas Pott},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9512252},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

23 pages, LaTeX, uses epsf.sty and rotate.sty. 4 figures (uuencoded postscript) appended as seperate file. A complete postscript version may be obtained from URL ftp://feynman.t30.physik.tu-muenchen.de/pub/preprints/tum-93-95.ps.gz Final version as to appear in Physical Review D. Some minor errors corrected, without changes in the numerical results. One reference added