Radiative and Electroweak Penguin Decays of B Mesons

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The huge datasets collected at the two B factories, Belle and BaBar, have made it possible to explore the radiative penguin process b --> s gamma, the electroweak penguin process b --> s l+ l- and the suppressed radiative process b --> d gamma in detail, all in exclusive channels and inclusive measurements.

• Theoretical tools have also advanced to meet or surpass the experimental precision, especially in inclusive calculations and the various ratios of exclusive channels.
• In this article, we review the theoretical and experimental progress over the past decade in the radiative and electroweak penguin decays of B mesons.