Uncertainties from long range effects in B ---> K* gamma

Aug, 1994
21 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 51 (1995) 1215-1223
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Report number:
  • UMHEP-411,
  • UH-511-800-94

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Abstract:
We reconsider the `long-range' component of the radiative transition BK γB \to K~* \gamma. A careful analysis of the vector dominance amplitude BV1V2V1γB \to V_1 V_2 \to V_1 \gamma is carried out, with emphasis on the role of gauge invariance. The procedure for incorporating phenomenological BV1V2B\to V_1 V_2 data is identified and polarization data, only recently available, is employed to estimate the magnitude of the vector dominance effect. We summarize uncertainties in the BK γB\to K~*\gamma radiative transition produced by long-range effects and provide sugggestions for further experimental work.
  • B: radiative decay
  • radiative decay: B
  • K*(892)
  • effect: long-range
  • vector dominance
  • invariance: gauge
  • B: branching ratio
  • B: nonleptonic decay
  • nonleptonic decay: B
  • helicity: amplitude analysis