Decay matrix of B-B mixing: Mixing of dimension-seven operators into dimension-six operators under renormalization
Abstract
The precise measurement of the width difference s among the mass eigenstates of the Bs-Bs system requires the calculation of the corresponding decay matrix to order αs/mb. QCD corrections to power-suppressed terms in the Heavy Quark Expansion involve the renormalization of dimension-7 four-quark operators for which no general methodology is available yet. In the MS scheme one-loop corrections to matrix elements of dimension-7 operators violate the power counting, but we find the responsible terms to be infrared-finite and show that they can be absorbed into finite counterterms proportional to dimension-6 operators. We calculate all these counterterms and subsequently verify the consistency of our results with hadronic matrix elements calculated in the limit of a large number Nc of colours. The condition of correct power counting implies constraints on the possible definitions of evanescent operators.
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