By employing the perturbative QCD (pQCD) factorization approach, we calculated some important next-to-leading-order(NLO) contributions to the two-body charmless hadronic decays $B^+ \to ρ^+ η^{(\prime)}$ and $B^0 \to ρ^0(ω, ϕ) η^{(\prime)}$, induced by the vertex QCD corrections, the quark-loops as well as the chromo-magnetic penguins. From the numerical results and phenomenological analysis we find that (a) for $B^\pm \to ρ^\pm \etap$ decays, the partial NLO contributions to branching ratios are small in magnitude; (b) for $B^0 \to ρ^0(ω,ϕ) \etap$ decays, the NLO contributions can provide significant enhancements to the leading order predictions of their branching ratios; and (c) the pQCD predictions for the CP-violating asymmetries $\acp^{dir}(B^\pm \to ρ^\pm \etap)$ are consistent with the data, while the predicted $\acp(B^0 \to ρ^0(ω)\etap)$ are generally large in magnitude and could be tested by the forthcoming LHCb experiments.
Anatomy of $B \to K η^{(\prime)}$ decays in different mixing schemes and effects of next-to-leading order contributions in the perturbative QCD approach
在本文中,我们进行了全面的研究的四个$B \to K \etap$衰变的pQCD因式分解方法。我们计算了$B \to K\etap$衰变在普通$η$-$\etar$、$η$-$\etar$- $G$和$η$-$\etar$- $G$ - $η_c$混合方案中的CP平均分支比和CP破坏不对称性。在pQCD方法中,除了全部LO贡献外,还考虑了所有目前已知的非LO对$B \to K \etap$衰变的贡献。从我们的计算和现象学分析,我们发现以下几点。(a)NLO的贡献一般可以提供显着的增强LO pQCD预测的两个$B \to K \etar$衰变的衰变率,周围的$70%-89%$的幅度,但导致相对较小的变化$Br(B \to K η)$。(b)虽然在所有三种考虑的混合方案中的NLO pQCD预测与数据在一个标准差内吻合良好,但$η$ - $\etar$ - $G$混合方案中的pQCD预测为$Br(B \to K \etap)$的测量模式提供了最好的解释:$Br(B^0 \to K^0 η) \approx 1.13\times 10^{-6}$,$Br(B^0 \to K^0 \etar) \approx 66.5 \times 10^{-6}$,$Br(B^\pm \to K^\pm η) \approx 2.36\times 10^{-6}$和$Br(B^\pm \to K^\pm …
$B \to K \etap$ decays in the SM with fourth generation fermions
利用微扰QCD(pQCD)因子分解方法,计算了含有第四代费米子(SM 4)的标准模型(SM)中由包含$\tp$夸克的圈图引起的四个$B \to K \etap$衰变的新物理贡献.在所考虑的SM 4参数空间内,我们发现:(a)SM和SM 4的次领先阶(next-to-leading分支比,NLO)pQCD预言与实验数据在一个标准差内基本一致;(b)对于$Br(B \to K η)$,第四代贡献的加入可以有效地改善理论预言与实验数据的一致性;(c)对于$Br(B \to K \etar)$,由于$\tp$环引起的衰减与数据不符;(d)对所考虑衰变的CP破坏不对称性的新物理修正仅为10%左右。
This perturbative Quantum Chromo Dynamics (pQCD) analysis attempts to present a simultaneous determination of parton distribution functions (PDFs) and the strong coupling $α_s(M^2_Z)$ from inclusion of inclusive H1 and ZEUS jet, DiJets and TriJets production cross sections data on the HERA I and II combined data, as the central data sets for probing the internal structure of proton. To present an accurate pQCD analysis, we separate the role and influence of inclusion jet production cross sections data from inclusion of the strong coupling $α_s(M^2_Z)$ as an extra fit parameter parameter on the…
We calculate the branching ratios and CP-violating asymmetries for $B^0 \to π^0 η^{(\prime)}$ and $B^+\to π^+ η^{(\prime)}$ decays in the perturbative QCD (pQCD) factorization approach here. We not only calculate the usual factorizable contributions, but also evaluate the non-factorizable and annihilation type contributions. Besides the current-current operators, the contributions from the QCD and electroweak penguin operators are also taken into account. The pQCD results for the CP-averaged branching ratios are $Br(B^+ \to π^+ η) \approx 4.1 \times 10^{-6}$, $Br(B^+ \to π^+ η^\prime) \approx …
We present the first NLO pQCD study of coherent exclusive $J/ψ$ photoproduction in ultraperipheral heavy-ion collisions (UPCs) at the LHC. Taking the generalized parton distributions (GPDs) in their forward limit, as parton distribution functions (PDFs), we quantify the NLO contributions in the rapidity-differential cross section, show that the real part of the amplitude must not be neglected, study the gluon and quark contributions, chart the scale-choice and PDF uncertainties, and compare the NLO results with LHC and HERA data. We show that the scale dependence is significant but a scale cho…
The perturbative QCD (PQCD) approach based on $k_T$ factorization has made a great achievement for the QCD calculation of the hadronic B decays. Regulating the endpoint divergence by the transverse momentum of quarks in the propagators, one can do the perturbation calculation for kinds of diagrams including the annihilation type diagrams. In this paper, we review the current status of PQCD factorization calculation of two-body charmless $B\to PP, PV, VV$ decays up to the next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD corrections. two new power suppressed terms in decaying amplitudes are also taken into accou…
By employing the perturbative QCD (PQCD) factorization approach, we made a systematic investigation for the CP-averaged branching ratios and the CP-violating asymmetries of the thirteen $\bar{B}^0_s \to PP $ decays ( here $P=(π,K, η, η^{\prime})$) with the inclusion of all currently known next-to-leading order (NLO) contributions, and compared our results with the measured values or the theoretical predictions from other different approaches. We focused on the examination of the effects of the NLO contributions and found the following points: (a) for $\bar{B}_s^0 \to (K^0 \bar{K}^0, K^+ K^-, η…
Through data analysis, we present new sets of nonperturbative fragmentation functions (FFs) for $Λ_c^+$ baryon both at leading and next-to-leading order (NLO) and, for the first time, at next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in the minimal subtraction factorization scheme with five massless quarks. The FFs are determined by fitting all available data of inclusive single $Λ_c^+$ baryon production in $e^+e^-$ annihilation taken by the OPAL Collaboration at CERN LEP1 and Belle Collaboration at KEKB. We also estimate the uncertainties in the $Λ_c^+$ FFs as well as in the corresponding observables. …
Considering the $B$ mesonic distribution amplitude $ϕ_{B2}$, we reinvestigated the $B$ ${\to}$ $PP$ (where $P$ $=$ $π$ and $K$) decays with the perturbative QCD (pQCD) approach based on the $k_{T}$ factorization for three scenarios. It is found that the contributions of $ϕ_{B2}$ to formfactors $F_{0}^{B{\to}P}(0)$ and branching ratios are comparable with those from the NLO corrections. The $B$ ${\to}$ $Kπ$ decays could be well explained by considering the $ϕ_{B2}$. Hence, when the nonleptonic $B$ decays are studied withe the pQCD approach, the $ϕ_{B2}$ should be taken into account seriously.
We apply the renormalization group optimized perturbation theory (RGOPT) to evaluate the quark contribution to the QCD pressure at finite temperatures and baryonic densities, at next-to-leading order (NLO). Our results are compared to NLO and state-of-the-art higher orders of standard perturbative QCD (pQCD) and hard thermal loop perturbation theory (HTLpt). The RGOPT resummation provides a nonperturbative approximation, exhibiting a drastically better remnant renormalization scale dependence than pQCD, thanks to built-in renormalization group invariance consistency. At NLO, upon simply adding…
By employing the perturbative QCD (PQCD) factorization approach, we studied the sixteen $B/B_s \to η_c (π, K, η^{(\prime)},ρ,K^*,ω,ϕ)$ decays with the inclusion of the currently known next-to-leading order (NLO) contributions. We found the following main points: (a) for the five measured $B \to η_c (K,K^*)$ and $B_s\to η_cϕ$ decays, the NLO contributions can provide $ (80-180)\%$ enhancements to the leading order (LO) PQCD predictions of their branching ratios, which play an important role to help us to interpret the data; (b) for the seven ratios $R_{1,\cdots,7}$ of the branching ratios defin…
The calculations for the production of heavy quarks in deeply inelastic scattering (DIS) can be seen as an illustrative example in the framework of perturbative Quantum Chromo Dynamics (pQCD). In this thesis, I give an overview of all steps that are required for this computation. First, I give an introduction to the fundamental theoretical basics. Next, I present the calculation of the matrix elements which are a main part of the work. The next-to-leading order (NLO) pQCD corrections for polarized DIS have been obtained here for the first time. Then, I discuss two different phase space decompo…
We employ analytic QCD (anQCD) approach to analyze the unpolarized nucleon structure function (NSF) in deep inelastic scattering ( DIS ) processes at the next-to-leading order (NLO) accuracy. Considering the unreliable results of underlying perturbative QCD (pQCD) at energy scale $Q^2\simΛ^2$ and even less we modify the calculations at these scales using anQCD approach and compare them with results from underlying pQCD and also with the available experimental data. In these progresses the massive perturbation theory (MPT) model is also used where an effective mass is attributed to gluons. We f…
We present the first next-to-leading-order (NLO) perturbative QCD (pQCD) study of rapidity-differential cross sections of coherent exclusive photoproduction of $J/ψ$ mesons in heavy-ion ultraperipheral collisions (UPCs) at the LHC, $dσ/dy(\text{Pb} + \text{Pb} \rightarrow \text{Pb} + J/ψ+ \text{Pb})$. For this, we account for the photon-nucleon NLO cross sections at the forward limit, the $t$ dependence using a standard nuclear form factor, and the photon fluxes of the colliding nuclei. Approximating the generalized parton distributions with their forward-limit parton distribution functions (P…
Multiplicities and $p_T$ spectra in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions from a next-to-leading order improved perturbative QCD + saturation + hydrodynamics model