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We compute the \alpha_s^2\beta_0 part of the two-loop QCD corrections to the charged lepton spectrum in b \to c \ell \bar\nu_\ell decays and find them to be about 50\% of the first order corrections at all lepton energies, except those…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Martin Gremm , Iain Stewart

The differential decay spectrum $d\Gamma/dE_e dq^2$ for the semileptonic decay of an unpolarized hadron containing a b-quark, and the decay spectrum $d\Gamma/dE_e dq^2 d\!\cos\theta$ for polarized $\Lambda_b$ decay are computed to second…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-11-01 Aneesh V. Manohar , Mark B. Wise

We present O(\alpha_s) results on the decays of polarized W^+- and Z bosons into massive quark pairs. The NLO QCD corrections to the polarized decay functions are given up to the second order in the quark mass expansion. We find a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-10-15 S. Groote , J. G. Körner , P. Tuvike

The one-loop supersymmetric QCD corrections to the top quark semileptonic decays $t\to b \bar{l} {\nu_l}$ are considered. The corrections are found to reduce the decay width. In the still acceptable parameter space the corrections to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Cong-Feng Qiao , Shou-Hua Zhu

The semileptonic decay $\Lambda_c \to \Lambda \ell \nu$ is considered in the framework of heavy quark effective theory beyond the leading order in the $1/m_c$ expansion. According to our estimate the polarization variable will receive only…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-22 Guey-Lin Lin , Thomas Mannel

We calculate the radiative corrections to the nonleptonic inclusive B decay mode $b\to c ud$ taking into account the charm quark mass. The corrections increase the decay rate by (4--8)\%, depending on the renormalization point. Using these…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 P. Ball

We present a systematic analysis of Coulomb corrections for leptonic ($B^0_{d,s}\to \ell^+\ell^-$), semileptonic ($B^0_{d,s}\to h^0\,\ell^+\ell^-$, $B^0_{d,s}\to V^0\ell^+\ell^-$) and radiative leptonic ($B^0_{d,s}\to \gamma \ell^+\ell^-$)…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-10 S. I. Manukhov , N. V. Nikitin

We investigate the Lambda_b polarization problem in the inclusive semileptonic decays of a polarized Lambda_b baryon, using the modified perturbative QCD formalism which includes Sudakov suppression. According to HQEFT, we show that, at the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Tsung-Wen Yeh

Analytic formulae are given for order alpha_s perturbative QCD corrections to the double differential distribution of the tau lepton energy and the invariant mass of the tau + antineutrino system in semileptonic decays of the bottom quark.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-30 Marek Jezabek , Leszek Motyka

Understanding the polarisation structure and providing precise predictions for multi-boson processes at the LHC is becoming urgent in the light of the upcoming run-3 and high-luminosity data. The CMS and ATLAS collaborations have already…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-03-27 Ansgar Denner , Christoph Haitz , Giovanni Pelliccioli

The partial decay rate $\Gamma(Z\to b\bar{b})$ is significantly influenced by the mass of the top quark due to electroweak radiative corrections. The leading $\sim m_t^2$ and the next-to-leading contribution $\sim \ln m_t^2$ are known to be…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-04-20 A. Kwiatkowski , M. Steinhauser

We calculate the $ O(\alpha_s) $ radiative corrections to polarized top quark decay into a charged Higgs boson and a massive bottom quark in two variants of the two-Higgs-doublet model. The radiative corrections to the polarization…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Kadeer , J. G. Körner , M. C. Mauser

We extend previous computations of the second order QCD corrections to semileptonic b \to c inclusive transitions, to the case where the charged lepton in the final state is massive. This allows accurate description of b \to c \tau \bar…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-03-03 Sandip Biswas , Kirill Melnikov

We present $O(\alpha_s^2)$ QCD corrections to the fully-differential decay rate of a $b$-quark into inclusive semileptonic charmless final states. Our calculation provides genuine two-loop QCD corrections, beyond the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-12 Mathias Brucherseifer , Fabrizio Caola , Kirill Melnikov

We compute the $O(\alpha_s)$ corrections to the Wilson coefficient of the chromomagnetic operator in inclusive semileptonic B decays. The results are employed to evaluate the complete $O(\alpha_s \Lambda^2/m_b^2)$ correction to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-18 Andrea Alberti , Paolo Gambino , Soumitra Nandi

The radiative leptonic $B\to \gamma\ell\nu_{\ell}$ decay serves as an ideal platform to determine the $B$-meson inverse moment which is a fundamental nonperturbative parameter for the $B$ meson. In this paper, we explore precise QCD…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-25 Bo-Yan Cui , Yue-Long Shen , Chao Wang , Yan-Bing Wei

We present the first calculation of same-sign WW scattering at the LHC in the fully leptonic decay channel including the modelling of polarisation for intermediate electroweak bosons and radiative corrections up to NLO EW+QCD accuracy. The…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-11-13 Ansgar Denner , Christoph Haitz , Giovanni Pelliccioli

Corrections of $O(\alpha_s^2)$ to the decay of the top quark into a W boson and a bottom quark are calculated. The method is based on an expansion of the top quark propagator for small external momentum, q, as compared to the top quark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-08-25 K. G. Chetyrkin , R. Harlander , T. Seidensticker , M. Steinhauser

Analytical calculation is presented of the QCD radiative corrections to the rate of the process $b\to c\tau\bar\nu_\tau$ and to the $\tau$ lepton longitudinal polarization in $\tau\bar\nu_\tau$ rest frame. The results are given in the form…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-01-25 Andrzej Czarnecki , Marek Jezabek , Johann H. Kuhn

We compute theoretical predictions for the production of a W-boson in association with a bottom-quark pair at hadron colliders at next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in QCD, including the leptonic decay of the W-boson, while treating the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-05-17 Heribertus Bayu Hartanto , Rene Poncelet , Andrei Popescu , Simone Zoia