Operator product expansion for exclusive decays B+-> D(s)(+)e(+)e(-) and B+-> D(s)(*+)e(+)e(-)

Citation
Dh. Evans et al., Operator product expansion for exclusive decays B+-> D(s)(+)e(+)e(-) and B+-> D(s)(*+)e(+)e(-), PHYS REV L, 83(24), 1999, pp. 4947-4950
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
83
Issue
24
Year of publication
1999
Pages
4947 - 4950
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(199912)83:24<4947:OPEFED>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
proceed through a weak and an electromagnetic The decays B+ --> D-s(+),(d)e (+)e(-) and B+ --> D-s,D-d*(+)e(+)e(-) interaction. This is a typical "long distance" process, usually difficult to compute systematically. We propose that over a large fraction of phase space a combination of operator produc t and heavy quark expansions effectively turns this process into one in whi ch the weak and electromagnetic interactions occur through a local operator . Moreover, we use heavy quark spin symmetry to relate all the local operat ors that appear in leading order of the operator expansion to two basic one s. We use this operator expansion to estimate the decay rates for B+ --> D- s,d(()*()+)e(+)e(-) .