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Towards the NNLL precision in $\bar B \to X_s \gamma$

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-01-05 v1

Abstract

The present NLL prediction for the decay rate of the rare inclusive process BˉXsγ\bar B \to X_s \gamma has a large uncertainty due to the charm mass renormalization scheme ambiguity. We estimate that this uncertainty will be reduced by a factor of 2 at the NNLL level. This is a strong motivation for the on-going NNLL calculation, which will thus significantly increase the sensitivity of the observable BˉXsγ\bar B \to X_s \gamma to possible new degrees of freedom beyond the SM. We also give a brief status report of the NNLL calculation.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0512097,
  title  = {Towards the NNLL precision in $\bar B \to X_s \gamma$},
  author = {H. Asatrian and A. Hovhannisyan and V. Poghosyan and C. Greub and T. Hurth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0512097},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

5 pages, 2 figures, contribution to the proceedings of EPS-HEP 2005