Related papers: Current Status of Radiative B Decays
The current status of B -> Xs gamma decay rate calculations is summarized. Missing ingredients at the NNLO level are listed. The global normalization factor and non-perturbative effects are discussed. Arguments are presented that results…
Recent progress in the theory of B-meson decays is reviewed with emphasis on the aspects related to the B-factory data.
Recent analyses of the LEP and Upsilon(4S) data have better outlined the picture of semileptonic B decays. Results on inclusive and exclusive decay branching fractions and on the extraction of the |Vub| and |Vcb| elements of the CKM mixing…
Rare radiative leptonic decay $B\to l\bar \nu_l \gamma$ is studied in the instantaneous Bethe-Salpeter approach. The results are compared to other relativistic quark model predictions.
Exclusive semileptonic B decays are discussed. The emphasis is on using semileptonic decays to determine |V_{ub}| and |V_{cb}|. Recent progress in our understanding of B semileptonic decays to excited charmed mesons is also reviewed.
We present here new NNLL predictions on the inclusive rare decay B --> X(S) L+ L- based on our new two-loop QCD analysis of the four-quark operators.
I briefly describe recent developments in the theoretical analysis of non leptonic and semileptonic B decays. For non leptonic transitions, I focus on factorization, from the naive formulation to the most recent achievements. As for…
The radiative B ->\tau^+ \tau^- \gamma decay is investigated in the framework of the two Higgs doublet model . The dependence of the differential branching ratio on the photon energy and the branching ratio on the two Higgs doublet model…
Implications of recent CLEO measurements of hadronic charmless B decays are discussed.
Some recent Babar results on semileptonic decays are presented. They focus on the determination of the CKM matrix elements |V_{ub}| and |V_{cb}| in inclusive and exclusive b --> u l nu and b--> c l nu decays, and on form factors measurement…
In this talk I review the status of our ability to extract the CKM matrix elements |Vub| and |Vcb| from semileptonic decays. I will review both exclusive and inclusive methods and put a strong emphasis on how to ensure keeping the…
This paper reviews the experimental status of heavy baryons. It covers the aspec ts of production, spectroscopy and decay presenting recent results obtained in this fi eld. It closes with an outlook on further work on and with heavy baryons…
We report observations of radiative B meson decays into the K+pi-gamma and K+pi-pi+gamma final states. In the B0 -> K+pi-gamma channel, we present evidence for decays via an intermediate tensor meson state with a branching fraction of B(B0…
This paper summarizes current results for rare non-hadronic b decay processes. The world average Br(b -> s gamma)=(3.14 +/-0.48)x10^(-4) is in agreement with the standard model prediction. Upper limits on b-> s l^+ l^- and b -> l^+ l^- are…
We review some new developments in the theoretical description of the processes K ->pi gamma gamma, K_L ->gamma l^+ l^-, K_L ->pi^0 e^+ e^- and K_L ->mu^+ mu^-.
A personal overview of the current status of physics results from LEP using b-hadrons is presented. Emphasis is placed on those areas where analyses are not yet finalised and there remains significant activity. Results are presented in the…
A short summary is given of the current status of B physics. Reasons for physics beyond the Standard Model are discussed. Constraints on New Physics are given using measurements of B mixing, Bs mixing, and CP violation, along with |Vub.…
In this talk a review on the exclusive determination of Vcb is presented. Updated values of this quantity obtained from B->Dlnu and B->D*lnu decays are given. New measurements from B-factories are expected to come soon and the main…
A search for the exclusive radiative decays B->rho(770) gamma and B^0->omega(782) gamma is performed on a sample of 84 million BB-bar events collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric e^+e^- collider. No significant signal is…
A review of recent results from LHCb and the B-factories on the charmless decays of b-hadrons into three-body final states is presented.