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Strong interaction effects in semileptonic B decays

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

Strong interaction effects are addressed in connection to extracting |V_{cb}|. A comprehensive approach is described not relying on a 1/m_c expansion; it allows a percent accuracy without ad hoc assumptions about higher-order effects. An alternative to the M_X^2 variable is proposed improving convergence. Intrinsic hardness of integrated observables with a cut on E_\ell is discussed; it can be responsible for the behavior of <M_X^2> reported by BaBar. Consequences of the proximity to the `BPS' limit are considered.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0210044,
  title  = {Strong interaction effects in semileptonic B decays},
  author = {Nikolai Uraltsev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0210044},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages (two-column), LaTeX, uses espcrc2.sty. Talk given at ICHEP-2002, July 24-31 2002, Amsterdam

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