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Short- and long-distance QCD effects in B-meson decays

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

Various exclusive and inclusive decays of B mesons are studied, at present, with dedicated experiments at ``B factories''. In order to compete with the experimental accuracy, we need a reliable theoretical framework to compute strong interaction effects in a hadronic environment. I discuss how the separation of (perturbatively calculable) short-distance QCD effects from (non-perturbative) long-distance phenomena helps to obtain precise theoretical predictions.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0310008,
  title  = {Short- and long-distance QCD effects in B-meson decays},
  author = {Thorsten Feldmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0310008},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Invited talk given at Hadrons 03, Aschaffenburg, Germany; 10 pages, 6 figures, uses aipproc.cls