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Two-loop QCD penguin contribution to the width difference in $B_s-\bar{B}_s$ mixing

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-07-28 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We consider two-loop QCD corrections to the element Γ12q\Gamma_{12}^q of the decay matrix in BqBˉqB_q-\bar{B}_q mixing, q=d,sq=d,s, in the leading power of the Heavy Quark Expansion. The calculated contributions involve one current-current and one penguin operator and constitute the next step towards a theory prediction for the width difference ΔΓs\Delta\Gamma_s matching the precise experimental data. We present compact analytic results for all matching coefficients in an expansion in mc/mbm_c/m_b up to second order. Our new corrections are comparable in size to the current experimental error and slightly increase ΔΓs\Delta\Gamma_s.

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@article{arxiv.2106.05979,
  title  = {Two-loop QCD penguin contribution to the width difference in $B_s-\bar{B}_s$ mixing},
  author = {Marvin Gerlach and Ulrich Nierste and Vladyslav Shtabovenko and Matthias Steinhauser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.05979},
  year   = {2021}
}

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22 pages, 2 figures

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