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We report on the calculation of the two-loop electroweak, two-photon mediated short-distance dispersive K_L \to \mu^+\mu^- decay amplitude. QCD corrections change the sign of this contribution and reduce it by an order of magnitude. The…
Motivated by new precise results on several $K_L$ decays, sensitive to the ${K_L \to \gamma \gamma}$ form factor, we present a new analysis of the $K_L\to \mu^+\mu^-$ long-distance amplitude based on a semi-phenomenological approach.…
We present a full account of the two-loop electroweak, two-photon mediated short-distance dispersive $K_L \to\mu^+\mu^-$ decay amplitude. QCD corrections change the sign of this amplitude and reduce it by an order of magnitude. Thus, the…
The dispersive two-photon contribution to the K_L --> mu+ mu- decay amplitude is analyzed, using chiral perturbation theory techniques and large-N_C considerations. A consistent description of the decays Pi^0 --> e+ e-, Eta --> mu+ mu- and…
The interplay between short- and long-distance contributions to the K_L-->mu+ mu- decay amplitude is analyzed. The long-distance piece is estimated using chiral perturbation theory techniques and large-N_C considerations, leading to a…
We analyze data on $B\to K\mu^+\mu^-$ and $B\to K^*\mu^+\mu^-$ decays in the whole dilepton invariant mass spectrum with the aim of disentangling short- vs. long-distance contributions. The sizable long-distance amplitudes from $c \bar{c}$…
The long-distance contribution via the two-photon intermediate state to the forward-backward asymmetries in decays K+ --> pi+ l+ l- (l=e and mu) has been studied within the standard model. In order to evaluate the dispersive part of the K+…
We investigate the transition formfactors for the B -> K^* l^+ l^- (l = mu, tau) decay in the light cone QCD. It is found that the light cone and 3-point QCD sum rules analyses for some of the formfactors for the decay B -> K^* l^+ l^- lead…
We revisit the calculation of the long distance contribution to $K_L \to \mu^+ \mu^-$. We discuss this process within the framework of chiral perturbation theory, and also using simple models for the $K_L \gamma^* \gamma^*$ vertex. We argue…
We study the long-distance contribution to $B_s\to\mu^+\mu^-$ decay, which is generated by the two-photon intermediate state via $B_s\to\gamma^*\gamma^*\to\mu^+\mu^-$ transition. It is found that the dispersive two-photon amplitude can…
In the region of large mu^+ mu^- invariant mass, the decay spectrum of K_L -> mu^+ mu^- gamma deviates from the Dalitz pair spectrum, as a result of interference between conversion (K_L -> gamma^* gamma -> mu^+ mu^- gamma) and…
We present a comprehensive calculation of the $K_L\to\gamma^*\gamma^*$ form factor in dispersion theory, using input from the leptonic decays $K_L\to\ell^+\ell^-\gamma$, $K_L\to \ell_1^+\ell_1^-\ell_2^+\ell_2^-$, the hadronic mode $K_L\to…
Using the most general, model independent form of the effective Hamiltonian rare decays (B -> l^+ l^- gamma (l=mu, tau)) are studied. The sensitivity of the photon energy distribution and branching ratio to the new Wilson coefficients is…
We compute the complex, long-distance two-photon-exchange amplitude which contributes to the rare $K_{\rm L}\rightarrow\mu^+\mu^-$ decay from lattice QCD. We use a $24^3\times 64$ physical-pion-mass gauge field ensemble at an inverse…
Recent progress has demonstrated that the $K\to\mu^+\mu^-$ decay carries clean short-distance information, attainable from a measurement of time-dependence sensitive to $K_L-K_S$ interference effects. We review the ingredients that go into…
We study long-distance effects in rare exclusive semileptonic decays B -> (K, K*) (l+ l-, nu bar{nu}) and analyze dilepton spectra and asymmetries within the framework of the Standard Model. The form factors, describing the meson transition…
An amplitude analysis of the $B^{0}\to K^{*0}\mu^+\mu^-$ decay is presented using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $4.7$ fb$^{-1}$ of $pp$ collision data collected with the LHCb experiment. For the first time, the…
We present a theoretical framework within which both the real and imaginary parts of the complex, two-photon exchange amplitude contributing to $K_L\rightarrow\mu^+\mu^-$ decay can be calculated using lattice QCD. The real part of this…
We report on a measurement of the decay $K_L\rightarrow\mu^+\mu^-\gamma$ from Fermilab experiment E799. We observe $207$ candidate signal events with an estimated background of $10.5 \pm 4.0$ events and establish…
We calculate all of the form factors for the one-photon, $K_L \rightarrow \pi^+ \pi^- \gamma^* \rightarrow \pi^+ \pi^- e^+e^-$ contribution to the $K_L \rightarrow \pi^+ \pi^- e^+e^-$ decay amplitude at leading order in chiral perturbation…