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Impact of Subleading Corrections on Hadronic B Decays

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-10 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We study the subleading corrections originating from the 3-parton (q\bar q g) Fock states of final-state mesons in B decays. The corrections could give significant contributions to decays involving an \omega or \eta^{(\prime)} in the final states. Our results indicate the similarity of \omega K and \omega \pi^- rates, of order 5\times 10^{-6}, consistent with the recent measurements. We obtain a_2(B\to J/\psi K)\approx 0.27+0.05i, in good agreement with data. Without resorting to the unknown singlet annihilation effects, 3-parton Fock state contributions can enhance the branching ratios of K\eta' to the level above 50\times 10^{-6}.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0308005,
  title  = {Impact of Subleading Corrections on Hadronic B Decays},
  author = {Kwei-Chou Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0308005},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, 5 figures, revtex4; some typos corrected, a new figure and a reference added, more explanations for the calculation provided, to appear in Phys. Rev. D