Novel nonperturbative approach for radiative B 0 (B s0) →j /ψγ decays NOVEL NONPERTURBATIVE APPROACH for RADIATIVE ... LI-SHENG GENG and EULOGIO OSET

Radiative B0(Bs0)→J/ψγ decays provide an interesting case to test our understanding of (non)perturbative QCD and eventually to probe physics beyond the standard model. Recently, the LHCb Collaboration reported an upper bound, updating the results of the BABAR Collaboration. Previous theoretical predictions based on QCD factorization or perturbative QCD have shown large variations due to different treatment of nonfactorizable contributions and meson-photon transitions. In this paper, we report on a novel approach to estimate the decay rates, which is based on a recently proposed model for B decays and the vector meson dominance hypothesis, widely tested in the relevant energy regions. The predicted branching ratios are Br[B0→J/ψγ]=(3.50±0.34-0.63+1.12)×10-8 and Br[Bs0→J/ψγ]=(7.20±0.68-1.30+2.31)×10-7. The first uncertainty is systematic and the second is statistical, originating from the experimental Bs0→J/ψφ branching ratio.