We study Λ QCD /m B corrections to factorization in B → Kπ decays. First, we analyze these decay channels within factorization, showing that, irrespectively of the value of γ, it is not possible to reproduce the experimental data. Then, we discuss Λ QCD /m B corrections to these processes, and argue that there is a class of doubly Cabibbo enhanced non-factorizable contributions, usually called ...

We present fits to charmless hadronic B decay data from the BaBar, Belle and Cleo experiments using two theoretical models: (i) the QCD factorization model of Beneke et al. and (ii) QCD factorization complemented with the so-called charming penguins of Ciuchini et al. When we include the data from pseudoscalar-vector decays the results favor the incorporation of the charming penguin terms. We a...

I review the treatment of high-energy QCD in Minkowski space, with an emphasis on factorization theorems as extensions of the operator product expansion. I discuss how the factorization properties of high-energy cross sections and amplitudes lead to evolution equations that resum large logarithms for two-scale problems. Based on seven lectures at the Theoretical Advanced Study Institute, QCD an...

Trying a global fit of the experimental branching ratios and CP-asymmetries of the charmless B → P V decays according to QCD factorization, we find it impossible to reach a satisfactory agreement, the confidence level (CL) of the best fit is smaller than .1 %. This failure reflects the difficulty to accommodate several large experimental branching ratios of the strange channels. Furthermore , e...

We show that existing proofs of factorization imply the cancellation of certain multiladder contributions that Gotsman, Levin, and Maor had suggested would invalidate the basic factorization theorem in QCD. No modifications of the original argument are necessary, although the details of the example offer useful insight into the mechanisms of factorization.