Photon polarization from helicity suppression in radiative decays of polarized Lambda_b to spin-3/2 baryons

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dc.creatorHiller, G.
dc.creatorKnecht, M.
dc.creatorLegger, F.
dc.creatorSchietinger, T.
dc.date2007-02-19
dc.date2007-05-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:59:06Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:59:06Z
dc.descriptionWe give a general parameterization of the Lambda_b --> Lambda(1520) gamma decay amplitude, applicable to any strange isosinglet spin-3/2 baryon, and calculate the branching fraction and helicity amplitudes. Large-energy form factor relations are worked out, and it is shown that the helicity-3/2 amplitudes vanish at lowest order in soft-collinear effective theory (SCET). The suppression can be tested experimentally at the LHC and elsewhere, thus providing a benchmark for SCET. We apply the results to assess the experimental reach for a possible wrong-helicity b --> s gamma dipole coupling in Lambda_b --> Lambda(1520) gamma --> p K gamma decays. Furthermore we revisit Lambda_b-polarization at hadron colliders and update the prediction from heavy-quark effective theory. Opportunities associated with b --> d gamma afforded by high-statistics Lambda_b samples are briefly discussed in the general context of CP and flavour violation.
dc.descriptionelsart, 15 pages, 1 figure; final version as published in Phys. Lett. B
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0702191
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0702191
dc.identifierPhys.Lett.B649:152-158,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.physletb.2007.03.056
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/206451
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titlePhoton polarization from helicity suppression in radiative decays of polarized Lambda_b to spin-3/2 baryons
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