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Finite $W$ mass corrections to inclusive $B$ decays

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-05-10 v1

Abstract

We compute the effects of a finite WW boson mass on the inclusive bcνb\rightarrow c \ell \nu decay rate and the semileptonic moments. To this end we keep terms of O(q2/mW2)\mathcal{O}\left(q^2/m_W^2 \right) when integrating out the WW boson in the Weak Effective Theory. In the third hadronic invariant mass moment such corrections reach the 0.5%0.5\% level but they are smaller than the present-day experimental uncertainties in all observables.

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@article{arxiv.2305.04973,
  title  = {Finite $W$ mass corrections to inclusive $B$ decays},
  author = {Dante Bigi and Sandro Mächler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.04973},
  year   = {2023}
}

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9 pages, 3 figures, 5 tables