Isospin breaking in BKγB \to K^* \gamma decays

Oct, 2001
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 539 (2002) 227-234
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Report number:
  • CLNS-01-1756

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
A calculation of the leading isospin-breaking contributions to the B→K ∗ γ decay amplitudes based on the QCD factorization approach is presented. They arise at order Λ / m b in the heavy-quark expansion and are due to annihilation contributions from 4-quark operators, the chromo-magnetic dipole operator, and charm penguins. In the Standard Model the decay rate for B 0 → K ∗0 γ is predicted to be about 10–20% larger than that for B − →K ∗− γ . Isospin-breaking effects are a sensitive probe of the penguin sector of the effective weak Hamiltonian. New Physics models in which the hierarchy of B→K ∗ γ decay rates is either flipped or greatly enhanced could be ruled out with more precise data.
Note:
  • 11 pages, 2 figures. Extended version to appear in Physics Letters B. Includes an additional section with a discussion of New Physics effects
  • B: radiative decay
  • K*(892)
  • amplitude analysis
  • isospin: violation
  • quantum chromodynamics: factorization
  • Feynman graph: penguin
  • anti-B0: branching ratio
  • B-: branching ratio
  • numerical calculations
  • B --> K*(892) photon