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QCD Factorization in B -> pi K, pi pi decays and extraction of Wolfenstein parameters

QCD Factorization in B -> pi K, pi pi decays and extraction of Wolfenstein parameters
QCD Factorization in B -> pi K, pi pi decays and extraction of Wolfenstein parameters
In the heavy-quark limit, the hadronic matrix elements entering nonleptonic B-meson decays into two light mesons can be calculated from first principles including "nonfactorizable" strong-interaction corrections. The B??K, ?? decay amplitudes are computed including electroweak penguin contributions, SU(3) violation in the light-cone distribution amplitudes, and an estimate of power corrections from chirally-enhanced terms and annihilation graphs. The results are then used to reduce the theoretical uncertainties in determinations of the weak phases ? and ?. In that way, new constraints in the plane are derived. Predictions for the B??K, ?? branching ratios and CP asymmetries are also presented. A good global fit to the (in part preliminary) experimental data on the branching fractions is obtained without taking recourse to phenomenological models
0550-3213
245-321
Beneke, M.
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Buchalla, G.
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Neubert, M.
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Sachrajda, C.T.
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Beneke, M.
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Buchalla, G.
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Neubert, M.
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Beneke, M., Buchalla, G., Neubert, M. and Sachrajda, C.T. (2001) QCD Factorization in B -> pi K, pi pi decays and extraction of Wolfenstein parameters. Nuclear Physics B, 606 (1-2), 245-321. (doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00251-6).

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In the heavy-quark limit, the hadronic matrix elements entering nonleptonic B-meson decays into two light mesons can be calculated from first principles including "nonfactorizable" strong-interaction corrections. The B??K, ?? decay amplitudes are computed including electroweak penguin contributions, SU(3) violation in the light-cone distribution amplitudes, and an estimate of power corrections from chirally-enhanced terms and annihilation graphs. The results are then used to reduce the theoretical uncertainties in determinations of the weak phases ? and ?. In that way, new constraints in the plane are derived. Predictions for the B??K, ?? branching ratios and CP asymmetries are also presented. A good global fit to the (in part preliminary) experimental data on the branching fractions is obtained without taking recourse to phenomenological models

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Published date: 2001

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Local EPrints ID: 14696
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/14696
ISSN: 0550-3213
PURE UUID: 96910c0e-7cc8-4462-9adc-b98ace9fedf2

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Date deposited: 22 Feb 2005
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:30

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Author: M. Beneke
Author: G. Buchalla
Author: M. Neubert
Author: C.T. Sachrajda

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