Can contributions to B_s→l＋l-γ from the magnetic-penguin operator with real photons in the standard model be neglected？

Using the Bs meson wave function extracted from non-leptonic Bs decays, we reevaluate the rare decays Bs→l＋l- γ,（l=e,μ） in the Standard Model, including two kinds of contributions from the magnetic-penguin operator with virtual and real photons. We find that contributions to the exclusive decays from the magnetic-penguin operator b→sγ with real photons, which were regarded as negligible in the previous literature, are large and the branching ratios Bs→l＋l-γ are enhanced by a factor of almost 2. With the predicted branching ratios of the order of 10-8, it is expected that these radiative dileptonic decays will be detected in LHC-b and B factories in the near future.     

Study of semileptonic decays B_s →D_(s1)(2536)l and B_s →D_(s2)(2573)l in the CQM model

Based on the assumption that Ds1(2536) and Ds2(2573) belong to T doublet (1 ,2 ), we calculate the semileptonic decays of Bs to Ds1(2536) and Ds2(2573) in terms of the Constituent Quark Meson (CQM) model. For Bs → Ds1(2536) l, and Bs → Ds2(2573) l, the order of magnitude of the obtained branching ratios is 10-3. Our numerical results of the semileptonic decays of Bs to Ds1(2536) and Ds2(2573) are large, which implies that two semileptonic decays should be seen in future experiments.     

Revisiting the Kπ puzzle in the pQCD factorization approach

In this paper,we calculated the branching ratios and direct CP violation of the four B→Kπ decays with the inclusion of all currently known next-to-leading order(NLO) contributions by employing the perturbative QCD(pQCD) factorization approach.We found that(a) Besides the 10%enhancement from the NLO vertex corrections,the quark-loops and magnetic penguins,the NLO contributions to the form factors can provide an additional~15%enhancement to the branching ratios,and lead to a very good agreement with the data;(b) The NLO pQCD predictions are A_(CP)~(dir)(B~0→K~+π~0)=(-6.5±3.1)%and A_(CP)~(dir)(B~+→K~+π~0)=(2.2±2.0)%,become well consistent with the data due to the inclusion of the NLO contributions.     

New Physics Effects on Rare Decays Bu^＋ → π^＋e^＋e^-, ρ^＋e^＋e^- in a Top Quark Two-Higgs-Doublet Model

Using the form factors from light-cone sum rules, we study the branching ratios and forward-backward asymmetries （FBAs） of the exclusive decays Bu^＋→π^＋e^＋e^- and Bu^＋ →ρ^＋e^＋e^- （e= e,μ） in the standard model （SM） and the top quark two-Higgs-doublet model （T2HDM）. From the numerical results, we find that the new physics contributions cannot provide very large enhancement to the branching ratios and the theoretical predictions are in good agreement with the SM ones. The T2HDM effects on FBAs of these decays are small. Precision measurements of the dilepton invariant mass distributions, especially in the lower dilepton mass region, and the FBAs in the decays Bu^＋ → π^＋ （ρ^＋ ）e^＋ e^- will greatly help in discriminating among the SM and the new physics models.     

Role of Electromagnetic Dipole Operator in the Electroweak Penguin Dominated Vector Meson Decays of B Meson

The pure annihilation type decays Dd^0→Фγand Bs→ργ receive only colour suppressed penguin contributions with a very small branching ratio in the standard model. When we include the previously neglected electromagnetic dipole operator, the branching ratios can be enhanced to R（^-Bd^0→Фγ）≈ 1×10^-11 and R（^-Bs→ργ）～（6 - 16） ×10^-10, which are one order magnitude larger than previous study using the QCD factorization approach. The new effect can also give a large contribution, of order 10^-9, to transverse polarization of B→Фρ and B →ωФ, which is comparable to the longitudinal part. These effects can be detected in the LHCb experiment and the super-B factories.     

D^＋→η^（＇）l＋ν_l semileptonic decays in light-cone sum rules

We calculate the D→η transition form factor in light-cone sum rules by taking improved current correlators to avoid the pollution from the twist-3 wave function. We get consistent results of the D+→η(′)l+νl decays with the experimental data. By comparing the difference between the results of the branching ratios of D+→η(′)l+νl from a two-pole parameterization model and from a BZ parameterization model, we find that the two-pole model and the BZ model are comparably believable. One way is supposed for the de...     

Uncertainty Study of Bd（Bs）→γvv Decays

B^0（Bs）→γvv decays are useful to determining the decay constants fB（fBs） and B（Bs） meson wave function. Using the B meson wave function determined in hadronic B（Bs） decays, we study the uncertainties due to the types of B meson wave functions. We find that the branching ratios are sensitive to the type of wave functions and input parameters, but the energy spectrum is independent. The predicted branching ratios are （0.45-1.04）×10^-9 and （2.14-3.27）×10^-8 for B^0 and Bs decay, respectively.     

Charmless Hadronic Decays B→VV in the Topcolor-Assisted Technicolor Model

Based. On the effective Hamiltonian with the generalized factorization approach, we calculate the branchingratios and CP asymmetries of B → VV decays in the Topcolor-assisted Technicolor (TC2) model. Within the consideredparameter space we find that: (a) for the penguin-dominated B → K* φ and K*0 φ decays, the new physics enhancementsto the branching ratios are around 40%; (b) the measured branching ratios of B →K* φ and K*0φ decays prefer therange of 3 Neffc 5; (c) the SM and TC2 model predictions for the branching ratio B(B →ρ ρ0) are only about halfof the Belle‘s measurement; and (d) for most B → VV decays, the new physics corrections on their CP asymmetries are generally small or moderate in magnitude and insensitive to the variation of mπ and Neffc.     

New physical effects on the decay Bs→γγ in the technicolor model

In this paper we calculate the contributions to the branching ratio of Bs→γγ from charged pseudo-Goldstone bosons appearing in the one generation Technicolor model. We find that the theoretical value of the branching ratio, BR(Bs→γγ), including the contributions of PGBs, P± and P±8, is very different from the standard model (SM) prediction. The new physical effects can provide a one to two order of magnitude enhancement of the SM results. It is shown that the decay Bs→γγ can test new physical signals from the technicolor model.     

New physical effects on the decay Bs →γγ in the technicolor model

In this paper we calculate the contributions to the branching ratio of Bs →γγ from charged pseudo-Goldstone bosons appearing in the one generation Technicolor model. We find that the theoretical value of the branching ratio, BR（Bs →γγ）, including the contributions of PGBs, P^± and P8^±, is very different from the standard model （SM） prediction. The new physical effects can provide a one to two order of magnitude enhancement of the SM results. It is shown that the decay Bs →γγ can test new physical signals from the technicolor model.     

Pure annihilation type decays B0→Ds- （K2*）+ and Bs →a2 in the perturbative QCD approach

We calculate the branching ratios of pure annihilation type decays B 0 →D_s^- （K₂^*）⁺ and Bs → a₂ using the perturbative QCD approach based on k T factorization. The branching ratios are predicted to be （60.6 +17.3+4.3+3.2 16.5 10.4 2.1 ）× 10^-6 for B⁰ →D_s^- （K₂^*）⁺ , （1.1 +0.4+0.1+0.1-0.4-0.2-0.1 ）×10-6 for Bs → ⁰a₂⁰ and （2.3 +0.8+0.2+0.1-0.8-0.4-0.1 ）×10-6 for Bs→D^-a₂⁺ . They are large enough to be measured in the ongoing experiment. Due to the shortage of contributions from penguin operators, there are no direct CP asymmetries for these decays in the Standard Model. We also derive simple relations among these decay channels to reduce theoretical uncertainties for the experiments, to test the accuracy of theory, and to search for a signal of new physics.     

Rare semileptonic decays of heavy mesons in the heavy quark limit

We study the branching ratios of D+→D0e+ν,DS+→D0e+ν,BS0→B+e-ν,DS+→D+e-e+ and BS0→B0e-e+ rare semileptonic decay processes,which are induced by decays of light quarks,the heavy quarks remain unchanged.The branching ratios of these decay processes are estimated in the heavy quark limit and with SU(3) flavor symmetry.We find that the decay rates are very tiny in the framework of the Standard Model.We also estimate the sensitivities of the measurements of these rare decays at the future experiments,such as BES-Ⅲ,super-B and LHC-b.Observations of these decays may shed some light on new physics beyond the standard model.     

t →cγ and t →cg in Local Gauged Baryon and Lepton Numbers

In this paper, we calculate the top quark rare decays t →cγ and v in an extension of the standard model, where baryon number and lepton number are local gauge symmetries. Adopting reasonable assumptions on the parameter space, we find that the branching ratios of t →cγ and t →cg can reach 10^-6 and 10^-5 respectively, which can be detected in near future.     

QCD Approach to B →Dπ Decays and CP Violation

The branching ratios and CP violations of the B →Dπ decays, including both the color-allowed and the color-suppressed modes, are investigated in detail within QCD framework by considering all diagrams that lead to three effective currents of two quarks. An intrinsic mass scale as a dynamical gluon mass is introduced to treat the infrared divergence caused by the soft collinear approximation in the endpoint regions, and the Cutkosky rule is adopted to deal with a physical-region singularity of the on mass-shell quark propagators. When the dynamical gluon mass μg is regarded as a universal sca/e, it is extracted to be around μg = 440 MeV from one of the well-measured B →Dπ decay modes. The resulting predictions for all branching ratios are in agreement with the current experimental measurements. As these decays have no penguin contributions, there are no direct CP asymmetries. Due to interference between the Cabibbo-suppressed and the Cabibbo-favored amplitudes, mixing-induced CP violations are predicted in the B →D^±π^±↓ decays to be consistent with the experimental data at 1-σ level. More precise measurements will be helpful to extracting weak angle 2β＋γ.     

Studies of Bs^0 → η＇η＇ Decays in pQCD Approach

We calculate the CP averaged branching ratios and CP-violating asymmetries for Bs^0 → η＇η＇ and η＇η＇ decays in the perturbative QCD （pQCD） approach here. The pQCD predictions for the C P-averaged branching ratios are Br（Bs^0 → ηη）=（14.2-7.5^＋18.0） ×10^-6,Br（Bs^0 → ηη＇）=（12.4-7.0^＋18.2）×10^-6,and Br（Bs^0 → η＇η＇） =（9.2-4.9^＋15.3）×10^-6, which agree well with those obtained by employing the QCD factorization approach and also be consistent with available experimental upper limits. The gluonic contributions are small in size： less than 7% for Bs →ηηand ηη＇ decays, and around 18% for Bs →η＇η＇ decay. The CP-violating asymmetries for three decays are very small： less than 3% in magnitude.     

A data-driven approach to π~0,η and η′ single and double Dalitz decays

The dilepton invariant mass spectra and integrated branching ratios of the single and double Dalitz decays P→l~+l~-γ and P→l~+l~-l~+l~-(P=π~0,η,η';l=e or μ) are predicted by means of a data-driven approach based on the use of rational approximants applied to π~0,η and η' transition form factor experimental data in the space-like region.     

Semileptonic decays B/Bs→(D?,D?s)lνl in the PQCD approach with the lattice QCD input

We study the semileptonic B/Bs→(D^?,D^?s)lνl decays in the framework of the Standard Model(SM),by employing the perturbative QCD(PQCD)factorization formalism combined with the lattice QCD input for the relevant transition form factors.We calculate the branching ratios B(B(s)→D^?(s)lνl)with l=(e,μ,τ),the ratios of the branching fractions R(D^?)and R(D^?s),and the physical observables Pτ(D^?(s)),FL(D?(s))and AFB(τ).The“PQCD+Lattice”predictions for B(B→D^?lνl)and R(D^?)agree with the available experimental measurements within errors.For the ratios R(Ds)and R(D^?s),the"PQCD+Lattice"predictions agree with the other predictions.For Pτ(D^?)and FL(D^?),our theoretical predictions agree with the measured values within errors.Our theoretical predictions of the semileptonic B/Bs decays considered could be tested in the near future by the LHCb and Belle II experiments.     

Analysis of B → a_1(1260)(b_1(1235))K decays in the perturbative QCD approach

Within the framework of the perturbative quantum chromodynamics(PQCD) approach, we study the charmless two-body decays B → a_1(1260)K*, b_1(1235)K*. Using the decay constants and the light-cone distribution amplitudes for these mesons derived from the QCD sum rule method, we find the following results.(a) Our predictions for the branching ratios are consistent with the QCD factorization(QCDF) results within errors, but much larger than the naive factorization approach calculation values.(b) We predict that the anomalous polarizations occurring in the decays B→φK*, ρK*also happen in B→a_1 K*decays, while they do not happen in B→b_1 K*decays. Here the contributions from the annihilation diagrams play an important role in explaining the larger transverse polarizations in the B→a_1 K*decays, while they are not sensitive to the polarizations for the B→b_1 K*decays.(c) Our predictions for the direct C P-asymmetries agree well with the QCDF results within errors. The decaysˉB~0→b_1_+K*-, B-→b_1~0K*-have larger direct C P-asymmetries, which could be measured by the present LHCb experiment and the forthcoming Super-B experiment.     

Rare semileptonic decays of heavy mesons in the heavy quark limit

We study the branching ratios of D^＋ → D^0e^＋ν, Ds^＋ → D^0e^＋ν, Bs^0→B^＋e^-^-ν, Ds^＋→D^＋e^-e^＋ and Bs^0→B^0e^-e^＋ rare semileptonic decay processes, which are induced by decays of light quarks, the heavy quarks remain unchanged. The branching ratios of these decay processes are estimated in the heavy quark limit and with SU（3） flavor symmetry. We find that the decay rates are very tiny in the framework of the Standard Model. We also estimate the sensitivities of the measurements of these rare decays at the future experiments, such as BES-Ⅲ, super-B and LHC-b. Observations of these decays may shed some light on new physics beyond the standard model.     

Study of the s → dv■ rare hyperon decays in the Standard Model and new physics

FCNC processes offer important tools to test the Standard Model(SM)and to search for possible new physics.In this work,we investigate the s→dvv rare hyperon decays in SM and beyond.We find that in SM the branching ratios for these rare hyperon decays range from 10~(-14) to 10~(-11).When all the errors in the form factors are included,we find that the final branching ratios for most decay modes have an uncertainty of about 5% to 10%.After taking into account the contribution from new physics,the generalized SUSY extension of SM and the minimal 331 model,the decay widths for these channels can be enhanced by a factor of 2～7.