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Determining the sign of the b -> s gamma amplitude

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The latest Belle and BaBar measurements of the inclusive B -> X_s l^+ l^- branching ratio have smaller errors and lower central values than the previous ones. We point out that these results indicate that the sign of the b -> s gamma amplitude is the same as in the SM. This underscores the importance of B -> X_s l^+ l^- in searches for new physics, and may be relevant for neutralino dark matter analyses within the MSSM.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0410155,
  title  = {Determining the sign of the b -> s gamma amplitude},
  author = {Paolo Gambino and Ulrich Haisch and Mikolaj Misiak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0410155},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

Journal version, references added, minor modifications. 4 pages, 2 figures