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We consider the renormalization-group evolution of the matrix element of $\langle 0| \bar{q}(z)_\beta [z,0]b(0)_\alpha| \bar{B}\rangle$, which can be used to define the distribution amplitudes for $B$ meson and widely applied in studies of…
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.
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