The Baffling semileptonic branching ratio of B mesons

Oct, 1993
18 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 323 (1994) 408-416
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CERN-TH-7082-93,
  • UND-HEP-93-BIG06,
  • UMN-TH-1225-93,
  • TPI-MINN-95-53-T,
  • TECHNION-PH-93-40

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Abstract: (cern)
The apparent gap between the measured and the expected value for the semileptonic branching ratio of BB mesons has become more serious over the last year. This is due to the improved quality of the data and to the increasing maturity of the theoretical treatment of non-perturbative corrections. We discuss various theoretical options to reduce the semileptonic BB branching ratio; among the more spectacular resolutions of the apparent puzzle is the possibility of an un-orthodox enhancement in non-perturbative corrections or even of an intervention by `New Physics'. Phenomenological implications of such scenarios are pointed out.
  • B: semileptonic decay
  • semileptonic decay: B
  • B: branching ratio
  • quantum chromodynamics
  • correction: nonperturbative
  • numerical calculations: interpretation of experiments
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