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Light-cone distribution functions for B decays at subleading order in $1/m_{b}$

We construct the higher twist structure functions that describe inclusive b hadron decays in regions of phase space where the hadronic decay products carry high energy but have low invariant mass. We show that, for B meson decays, there are four new non-vanishing matrix elements of non-local operato...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bauer, Christian W., Luke, Michael E., Mannel, Thomas
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.68.094001
http://cds.cern.ch/record/486662
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Sumario:We construct the higher twist structure functions that describe inclusive b hadron decays in regions of phase space where the hadronic decay products carry high energy but have low invariant mass. We show that, for B meson decays, there are four new non-vanishing matrix elements of non-local operators. We show that to subleading twist these decays are parametrized in terms of four functions. We compute the tree-level matching for a general heavy-to-light current and apply it to B -> X_s gamma. Using a simple model for these functions we estimate the subleading twist contributions to this decay.