Factorization and Sudakov resummation in leptonic radiative B decay

Jan, 2003
21 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 67 (2003) 094014
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Report number:
  • SLAC-PUB-9625,
  • CLNS-03-1817

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Abstract:
Soft-collinear effective theory is used to prove factorization of the B->gamma+l+nu decay amplitude at leading power in Lambda/m_b, including a demonstration of the absence of non-valence Fock states and of the finiteness of the convolution integral in the factorization formula. Large logarithms entering the hard-scattering kernel are resummed by performing a two-step perturbative matching onto the low-energy effective theory, and by solving evolution equations derived from the renormalization properties of the leading-order B-meson light-cone distribution amplitude. As a byproduct, the evolution equation for heavy-collinear current operators in soft-collinear effective theory is derived.
  • 13.20.He
  • 12.39.St
  • 12.39.Hg
  • 12.38.Cy
  • B: leptonic decay
  • B: radiative decay
  • quantum chromodynamics
  • factorization
  • amplitude analysis
  • Feynman graph: higher-order