Effects from hadronic structure of photon on B→φγ and B_(s)→(ρ^(0),ω)γ decays

Using the perturbative QCD approach,we studied the effects of the hadronic structure of photons on the pure annihilation rediative decays B→φγ and B_(s)→(ρ^(0),ω)γ.These decays have small branching fractions due to the power suppression by Λ/mB,which makes them very sensitive to next-leading power corrections.The quark components and the related two-particle distribution amplitudes of a final state photon are introduced.The branching fractions can be enhanced remarkably by factorizable and nonfactorizable emission diagrams.The branching fraction of B→φγ increases by approximately 40 times,and those of B_(s)→ρ^(0)γ and B_(s)→ωγ are on the order of O(10-10).We also note that the ratio of branching fractions of B_(s)→ρ^(0)γ and B_(s)→ωγ is very sensitive to the effects of the hadronic structure of photons.All these results can be tested in future.

Λ_(b)→Λ_(c) form factors from QCD light-cone sum rules

In this study,we calculate the transition form factors of Λ_(b) decaying into Λ_(c) within the framework of light-cone sum rules with the distribution amplitudes(DAs)of the Λ_(b)-baryon.In the hadronic representation of the correlation function,we isolate both the Λ_(c) and Λ_(c)^(∗) states so that the Λ_(b)→Λ_(c) form factors can be obtained without ambiguity.We investigate the P-type and A-type currents to interpolate light baryons for comparison because the interpolation current for the baryon state is not unique.We also employ three parametrization models for the DAs of Λ_(b) in the numerical calculation.We present the numerical predictions for the Λ_(b)→Λ_(c) form factors and branching fractions,averaged forward-backward asymmetry,averaged final hadron polarization,and averaged lepton polarization of the Λ_(b)→Λ_(c)ℓμ decays,as well as the ratio of the branching ratios RΛ_(c).The predicted RΛ_(c) is consistent with LHCb data.