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We provide details to several technical aspects which are important for the calculation of next-to-next-to-leading order corrections to the mixing of neutral $B$ mesons. This includes the computation of the master integrals for finite charm…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-05-24 Pascal Reeck , Vladyslav Shtabovenko , Matthias Steinhauser

We compute the QCD corrections to the decay rate difference in the $B_s-\bar B_s$ system, $\Delta\Gamma_{B_s}$, in the next-to-leading logarithmic approximation using the heavy quark expansion approach. Going beyond leading order in QCD is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-09 M. Beneke , G. Buchalla , C. Greub , A. Lenz , U. Nierste

We provide an exact calculation of next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) massive corrections to Bhabha scattering in QED, relevant for precision luminosity monitoring at meson factories. Using realistic reference event selections, exact…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-03 C. M. Carloni Calame , H. Czyz , J. Gluza , M. Gunia , G. Montagna , O. Nicrosini , F. Piccinini , T. Riemann , M. Worek

We compute perturbative corrections to matching coefficients of QCD to HQET for the matrix element of the $\Delta B=2$ operator that determines the mass difference in $B^0-\bar{B}^0$ system of states. This involves the technical point of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-11-08 Andrey G. Grozin , Thomas Mannel , Alexei A. Pivovarov

We present the first full analytic results of next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) QCD corrections to the top-quark decay width $\Gamma(t\to Wb)$ by calculating the imaginary part of three-loop top-quark self-energy diagrams. The results…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-09-08 Long-Bin Chen , Hai Tao Li , Jian Wang , Yefan Wang

We briefly summarize the current status of perturbative calculations at next-to-next-to-leading-order (NNLO) accuracy in the \bar{B}\to X_s\gamma decay rate as well as that of non-perturbative power-corrections.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-11-02 Thorsten Ewerth

In this talk we present the calculation of next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) QCD corrections to dijet production and related observables at hadron colliders in the purely gluonic channel. Results for this channel are obtained keeping all…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-12-20 James Currie , Aude Gehrmann-De Ridder , Thomas Gehrmann , E. W. N. Glover , Joao Pires

We calculate the complete ${\cal O}(\alpha_s)$ corrections to the quark decay $b\to ccs$ taking full account of the quark masses, but neglecting penguin contributions. For a c to the b quark mass ratio $m_c/m_b= 0.3$ and a strange quark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-01 E. Bagan , Patricia Ball , B. Fiol , P. Gosdzinsky

We address the long-standing problem of negative decay and production rates in perturbative QCD for exclusive processes by proposing amplitude-level NRQCD factorization as a systematic prescription. Building on this, we present the first…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-09 Chao Zeng , Bin Gong , Jian-Xiong Wang , Ruichang Niu , Xu-Dong Huang , Cong Li

We calculate the next-to-leading order(NLO) quantum chromodynamics(QCD) corrections to the inclusive process of $Z_0 \rightarrow B^*_c+\bar{c}+b$ under the non-relativistic QCD(NRQCD) factorization scheme. Technical details about…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-05 Jun Jiang , Long-Bin Chen , Cong-Feng Qiao

In this paper the next-to-leading order (NLO) corrections to $B_c$ meson exclusive decays to S-wave charmonia and light pseudoscalar or vector mesons, i.e. $\pi$, $K$, $\rho$, and $K^*$, are performed within non-relativistic (NR) QCD…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-02-12 Cong-Feng Qiao , Peng Sun , Deshan Yang , Rui-Lin Zhu

Based on the framework of nonrelativistic Quantum Chromodynamics (NRQCD), we carry out next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD corrections to the decay of $Z$ boson into $\chi_c$ and $\chi_b$, respectively. The branching ratio of $Z \to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-05-15 Zhan Sun , Hong-Fei Zhang

Applying the light-cone sum rules (LCSR) approach, the next-to-leading-order (NLO) corrections to $B \to A$ form factors are calculated with the twist-two and twist-three $B$ meson light-cone distribution amplitudes (LCDAs) at leading power…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-04 Fang-Zhou Di , Yu-Hao Liu

In this paper, we calculate the total decay widths for the $W^+$-boson decays, $W^+ \to B_c+b+\bar{s}+X$ and $W^+ \to B^*_c+b+\bar{s}+X$, up to next-to-leading order (NLO) accuracy within the framework of the nonrelativistic QCD theory.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-03-04 Xu-Chang Zheng , Chao-Hsi Chang , Xing-Gang Wu , Jun Zeng , Xu-Dong Huang

The most general QCD next-to-leading anomalous-dimension matrix of all possible four-fermion, dimension-six $\Delta F=2$ operators is computed. The results of this calculation can be used in many phenomenological applications, among which…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Ciuchini , E. Franco , V. Lubicz , G. Martinelli , I. Scimemi , L. Silvestrini

We report the results of a computation of the full next-to-leading order QCD corrections to the production of two $b\bar{b}$ pairs at the LHC. This calculation at the parton level provides predictions for well separated $b$-jets. The…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-09-29 Nicolas Greiner , Alberto Guffanti , Thomas Reiter , Jürgen Reuter

The calculation of QCD corrections to the width difference Delta Gamma in the B_s meson system is presented. The next-to-leading order corrections reduce the dependence on the renormalization scale significantly and allow for a meaningful…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Ulrich Nierste

We present the calculations of the complete next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD corrections (including supersymmetric QCD) to the inclusive total cross sections of the associated production processes $pp\to A^0Z^0+X$ in the Minimal…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 Qiang Li , Chong Sheng Li , Jian Jun Liu , Li Gang Jin , C. -P. Yuan

For precision studies with QCD observables at colliders, higher order perturbative corrections are often mandatory. For exclusive observables, like jet cross sections or differential distributions, these corrections were until recently only…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-12-30 T. Gehrmann

In this work we calculate for the first time the next-to-next-to leading order (NNLO) QCD corrections to identified hadron production at hadron colliders. The inclusion of the NNLO correction has an important impact on all observables…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-23 Michał Czakon , Terry Generet , Alexander Mitov , Rene Poncelet