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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.…
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An importance of the detailed studies of the theoretical QCD predictions for the decay width of Standard Model Higgs boson into bottom quarks, in the case when $\rm{M_H\leq 2M_W}$, is emphasized. The effects of higher order perturbative QCD…
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The experimental determination of the partial width $\Gamma (H \longrightarrow \gamma \gamma)$ of an intermediate mass Higgs is among the most important measurements at a future photon photon collider. Recently it was shown that large…
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We present lattice QCD results for the matrix elements of $R_2$ and other dimension-7, $\Delta B = 2$ operators relevant for calculations of $\Delta \Gamma_s$, the $B_s-\bar{B}_s$ width difference. We have computed correlation functions…
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