# The Two Roads to "Intrinsic Charm" in B Decays

**Authors:** Ikaros Bigi (Notre Dame U.), Thomas Mannel (Univ. Siegen), Sascha, Turczyk (Univ. Siegen), Nikolai Uraltsev (Univ. Siegen)

arXiv: 0911.3322 · 2014-11-20

## TL;DR

This paper explores two methods to identify 'Intrinsic Charm' effects in inclusive B decays, highlighting their importance for understanding QCD dynamics and improving the precision of |V_{cb}| measurements.

## Contribution

It introduces two complementary approaches to detect higher order 'Intrinsic Charm' effects in B decays, enhancing the understanding of nonperturbative QCD and refining |V_{cb}| extraction.

## Key findings

- Semiquantitative estimates of Weak Annihilation effects in B decays.
- Insights into valence and non-valence components of Intrinsic Charm.
- Implications for nonperturbative QCD dynamics.

## Abstract

We describe two complementary ways to show the presence of higher order effects in the 1/m_Q expansion for inclusive B decays that have been dubbed "Intrinsic Charm". Apart from the lessons they can teach us about QCD's nonperturbative dynamics their consideration is relevant for precise extractions of |V_{cb}|: for they complement the estimate of the potential impact of 1/m_Q^4 contributions. We draw semiquantitative conclusions for the expected scale of Weak Annihilation in semileptonic B decays, both for its valence and non-valence components.

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