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Short Distance Analysis of $\bar B -> D^{(*)0} e+e-$ and $\bar B -> J/psi e+e-$

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

Over a large fraction of phase space a combination of an operator product and heavy quark expansions effectively turn the decay Bˉ>D()0e+e\bar B -> D^{(*)0} e+e- into a ``short distance'' process, i.e., one in which the weak and electromagnetic interactions occur through single local operators. These processes have an underlying W-exchange quark diagram topology and are therefore Cabibbo allowed but suppressed by combinatoric factors and short distance QCD corrections. Our technique allows a clearer exploration of these effects. For the decay Bˉd,s>J/psi(ηc)e+e\bar B_{d,s} -> J/psi(\eta_c) e+e- one must use a non-relativistic (NRQCD) expansion, in addition to an operator product expansion and a heavy quark effective theory expansion. We estimate the decay rates for Bˉd,s>J/psie+e\bar B_{d,s} -> J/psi e+e-, Bˉd,s>etace+e\bar B_{d,s} -> eta_c e+e-, Bˉd,s>D0e+e\bar B_{d,s} -> D^{*0} e+e- and Bˉd,s>D0e+e\bar B_{d,s} -> D^{0} e+e-.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9906528,
  title  = {Short Distance Analysis of $\bar B -> D^{(*)0} e+e-$ and $\bar B -> J/psi e+e-$},
  author = {David H. Evans and Benjamin Grinstein and Detlef R. Nolte},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9906528},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages, 11 figures, published version