Related papers: Width Difference in the $B_s-\bar{B_s}$ System
We present our results of lattice calculations of $B$ parameters, which parameterize $\Delta B$=2 transition amplitudes together with the leptonic decay constant. Calculations are made in the quenched approximation at $\beta$=5.7, 5.9, 6.0…
After reviewing the theoretical uncertainties entering the Standard Model determination of the mass difference of the neutral $B_s$-$\bar B_s$ meson system, $\Delta M_s^{\rm SM}$, we discuss the implications of its updated value for new…
The experimentally established non-zero decay width difference of the B_s meson system gives us access to a mass eigenstate rate asymmetry for each B_s transition. This observable is not only the key ingredient in converting between…
We calculate the next-to-leading order short distance QCD corrections to the coefficient $\eta_1$ of the effective $\Delta S = 2$ hamiltonian in the standard model. This part dominates the short distance contribution $(\Delta m_K)^{\rm SD}$…
The total decay widths of heavy mesons can be systematically calculated in terms of an expansion in the two parameters $1/m_Q$ and $\alpha_s(m_Q)$, where $Q=c,b$ denotes the heavy quark. The dominant contributions to meson lifetime…
Suggestions for efficiently determining the lifetimes and mass difference of the light and heavy $B_s$ mesons ($B_s^L, B_s^H$) from $B_s \to J/ \psi \phi, D_s^{*+}D_s^{*-}$ decays are given. Using appropriate weighting functions for the…
We estimate the long-distance contribution to the \Delta{\Gamma}s of B_s system, based mainly on two-body D^(*)_s\Dbar^(*)_s modes and three-body D^(*)_s\Dbar^(*)\Kbar^(*) modes (and their CP conjugates). Some higher c\bar{s} resonances are…
Using fully reconstructed $B_{s}$ mesons, we measure exclusive branching fractions for the decays $B_s \to D_s^{(*)+}D_s^{(*)-}$. The results are ${\cal B}(B^0_s\ra D^+_s D^-_s)=(0.58\,^{+0.11}_{-0.09}\,\pm 0.13)%$, ${\cal B}(B^0_s\ra…
Recent results relevant for the B-physics phenomenology, obtained from lattice QCD simulations by the APE Collaboration, are reviewed. This includes the B0-B0bar mixing amplitude, B-> pi semileptonic decay and the relative width difference…
We calculate nonperturbative ${\cal O}(\Lambda^2_{QCD}/m^2_c)$ corrections to the dilepton invariant mass spectrum and the forward-backward charge asymmetry in $B\to X_se^+e^-$ decay using a heavy quark expansion approach. The method has…
We present an updated next-to-leading order analysis of the B -> X_s gamma branching ratio and photon spectrum, including consistently the effects of Fermi motion in the heavy-quark expansion. For the Standard Model, we obtain B(B -> X_s…
We have made the first observation of Bs->Ds(*)+Ds(*)- decays using 23.6 fb-1 of data recorded by the Belle experiment running on the Upsilon(5S) resonance. The branching fractions are measured to be B(B^0_s\ra D^+_s D^-_s) =…
In this talk we review the theoretical status of the lifetime ratios of heavy hadrons and of the B-mixing quantities $\Delta M_s$, $\Delta \Gamma_s$ and $\phi_s$. While $\Delta M_s$ and $\Delta \Gamma_s$ suffer from large uncertainties due…
The measurements of the \Bs mixing parameter which describes the difference in width (the inverse of the lifetime) between the \Bs heavy and light states are described. These measurements include direct measurement of $\Delta \Gamma_s$ and…
We calculate the three-loop master integrals of Ref. [1] [arXiv:1709.02160] in analytic form. This allows us to present the fermionic contributions to the $\Delta B=2$ Wilson coefficients of the $B$-$\bar B$ decay matrix in…
Heavy-light bound states are studied in Lattice QCD with emphasis on parameters of the B-system relevant to experiment. Results are obtained on lattices with lattice spacings from about 0.15 fm to 0.06 fm corresponding to $\beta=5.74, 6.0$…
We combine the D0 measurement of the width difference between the light and heavy B_s^0 mass eigenstates and of the CP-violating mixing phase determined from the time-dependent angular distributions in the B_s -> J/psi phi decays along with…
We present an update of our NRQCD calculation of $B_B$ at $\beta$=5.9 with increased statistics. We also discuss a calculation of $B_S$, which is relevant to the width difference in the $B_s-\bar{B}_s$ mixing.
Using a dataset corresponding to $9~\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ of integrated luminosity collected with the LHCb detector between 2011 and 2018 in proton-proton collisions, the decay-time distributions of the decay modes $B_s^0 \rightarrow J/\psi…
Using the expansions of the heavy meson decay widths in the heavy quark mass and QCD sum rules for estimates of corresponding matrix elements,\, we calculate the $D^{\pm,o,s}$ and $B^{\pm,o,s}$ meson lifetimes. The results for D mesons are…