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The charm-loop contribution to B -> Xs gamma is found to be numerically dominant and very stable under logarithmic QCD corrections. The strong enhancement of the branching ratio by QCD logarithms is mainly due to the b-quark mass evolution…
We present a detailed theoretical study of nonfactorizable contributions of the charm-quark loop to the amplitude of the $B_s\to \gamma\,\gamma$ decay. This contribution involves the $B$-meson three-particle Bethe-Salpeter amplitude,…
In an attempt to explain the latest experimental result about the branching ratio of $\omega\to \pi^0\pi^0\gamma$ decay we reexamine the decay mechanism of this decay in a phenomenological framework in which the contributions of VMD, chiral…
We evaluate the branching ratios of the radiative decays $B \to K^* \gamma $, and $B \to K_1 \gamma $ in the framework of three-point function QCD sum rules. We find: $ \Gamma(B \to K^* \gamma) / \Gamma(b \to s \gamma) = 0.17 \pm 0.05$ and…
Working in a perturbative QCD model approach, we obtain the essential form factor of the radiative transition $B \rightarrow V^{*} \gamma$ and estimate the branching ratio $BR(B \rightarrow K^{*} \gamma)$. The results are determined by a…
Weak radiative decay B -> X_s gamma is known to be a loop-generated process. However, it does receive tree-level contributions from CKM-suppressed b -> u ubar s gamma transitions. In the present paper, we evaluate such contributions…
By employing the perturbative QCD (pQCD) factorization approach, we calculate the new physics contributions to the four $B \to K \etap$ decays in the Standard Model (SM) with a fourth generation of fermions (SM4), induced by the loop…
The dominant contribution to the $\pi^0 \to 4\gamma$ branching ratio, coming from purely electromagnetic photon-splitting graph, is calculated. The result $Br(\pi^0 \to 4\gamma) \simeq (2.6 \pm 0.1) \cdot 10^{-11}$ is about three orders of…
The B_{s} --> \phi\psi decay is modeled through the inclusive b --> s\psi decay. Using the Vector Meson Dominance model, the amplitude for the chain process B_{s} --> \phi\psi --> \phi\gamma --> \gamma\gamma is estimated and it is found to…
We calculate to the leading twist 2 accuracy the rate for the decay $ B_{u} \rightarrow l \nu \gamma $ using the light cone QCD sume rules. We find $ Br( B_{u} \rightarrow l \nu \gamma) \simeq 2 \cdot 10^{-6} $. The results are used to test…
If the fourth generation fermions exist, the new quarks could influence the branching ratio of the decay $B_s \to \nu \bar{\nu} \gamma$. We obtain two solutions of the fourth generation CKM factor $V^*_{t's} V_{t'b}$ from the decay of $B…
In this paper we investigate the next-to-leading power contribution to the $B_s \to \gamma\gamma$ and $B_s \to \gamma\ell\bar{\ell}$ decays from the strange quark mass effect with the dispersion approach which is QCD inspired and more…
We study the loop induced rare decays $B_s(B_d)\to\gamma\nu\bar\nu$ within the standard model. Both constituent quark model and pole model are used and the branching ratios turn out to be of the orders of $10^{-8}$ for $B_s\to \gamma \nu…
We have evaluated with 1100 digits of precision the contribution of all the 891 mass-independent four-loop Feynman diagrams contributing to the slope of the Dirac form factor in QED. The total 4-loop contribution is $ m^2 F_1^{(4)'}(0) =…
Motivated by the observation of the decay B to K* gamma by the CLEO collaboration, we have systematically analyzed the weak radiative decay Lambda_b to Lambda gamma, evaluating the confined effects of quarks in the covariant oscillator…
We calculate the branching ratios of $B_{s,d}\to \gamma \gamma$ decay in the sequential fourth generation model. We find that the theoretical values of the branching ratios, ${\rm BR}(B_{s}\to\gamma\gamma)$, including the contributions of…
The radiative decay $\BSgamma$ and the mixing $\BsBs$ are discussed in the vector-like quark model which contains extra SU(2)-singlet quarks with the same electric charges as the up-type and down-type quarks. Constraints on the extended…
We present the estimate of the branching ratio for the rare decay $\bar B^0\to D^*\gamma$. We use QCD factorization approach in order to compute the amplitude of the process. The calculation is carried out with the leading order accuracy. %…
We study the decay B\to X_s\gamma in a minimal extension of the standard model with extra up- and down-type quarks whose left- and right-handed components are both SU(2) singlets. Constraints on the extended Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix…
We study the contributions to the branching ratios of $B_{s(d)}\to \gamma \gamma$ decay in the sequential fourth generation model (SM4). We find that the theoretical values of the branching ratios, ${\rm BR}(B_{s(d)}\to\gamma\gamma)$,…