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Why is the B -> eta' X decay width so large ?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-30 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

New mechanism for the observed inclusive B -> \eta'X decay is suggested. We argue that the dominant contribution to this amplitude is due to the Cabbibo favored b -> \bar{c}cs process followed by the transition \bar{c}c -> \eta'. A large magnitude of the "intrinsic charm" component of \eta' is of critical importance in our approach. Our results are consistent with an unexpectedly large Br(B -> \eta'+X) \sim 10^{-3} recently announced by CLEO. We stress the uniqueness of this channel for 0^{-+} gluonia search.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9705251,
  title  = {Why is the B -> eta' X decay width so large ?},
  author = {Igor Halperin and Ariel Zhitnitsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9705251},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Comments on a mixing model for intrinsic charm and pre-asymptotic effects and some references are added. Latex, 9 pages

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