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Left-right mixing on leptonic and semileptonic $b\to u$ decays

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

It has been known that there exists a disagreement emerged between the determination of Vub|V_{ub}| from inclusive BXuνB \to X_u\ell\nu decays and exclusive BπνB \to \pi\ell\nu decays. In order to solve the mismatch, we investigate the left-right (LR) mixing effects, denoted by ξu\xi_u, in leptonic and semileptonic bub \to u decays. We find that the new interactions (V+A)×(VA)(V+A)\times (V-A) induced via the LR mixing can explain the mismatch between the values of Vub|V_{ub}| if Re(ξu)=(0.14±0.12)(\xi_{u})=-(0.14 \pm 0.12). Furthermore, we also find that the LR mixing effects can enhance the branching fractions for BτνB \to \tau\nu and BρνB \to \rho\ell\nu decays by 30% and 17%, respectively, while reducing the branching fraction for BγνB \to \gamma\ell\nu decays by 18%.

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@article{arxiv.0807.0896,
  title  = {Left-right mixing on leptonic and semileptonic $b\to u$ decays},
  author = {Chuan-Hung Chen and Soo-hyeon Nam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.0896},
  year   = {2008}
}

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11 pages, 6 eps figures