scholarly journals A closer look at the extraction of |Vub| from B → πℓν

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aritra Biswas ◽  
Soumitra Nandi ◽  
Sunando Kumar Patra ◽  
Ipsita Ray

Abstract To extract the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix element |Vub|, we have re-analyzed all the available inputs (data and theory) on the B → πℓν decays including the newly available inputs on the form-factors from light cone sum rule (LCSR) approach. We have reproduced and compared the results with the procedure taken up by the Heavy Flavor Averaging Group (HFLAV), while commenting on the effect of outliers on the fits. After removing the outliers and creating a comparable group of data-sets, we mention a few scenarios in the extraction of |Vub|. In all those scenarios, the extracted values of |Vub| are higher than that obtained by HFLAV. Our best results for |Vub|exc. are (3.94 ± 0.14) × 10−3 and $$ \left({3.93}_{-0.15}^{+0.14}\right) $$ 3.93 − 0.15 + 0.14 × 10−3 in frequentist and Bayesian approaches, respectively, which are consistent with that extracted from inclusive decays |Vub|inc. within 1 σ confidence interval.

2018 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 13003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Vaquero Avilés-Casco ◽  
Carleton DeTar ◽  
Daping Du ◽  
Aida El-Khadra ◽  
Andreas Kronfeld ◽  
...  

We present preliminary results from our analysis of the form factors for the B → D*lv decay at non-zero recoil. Our analysis includes 15 MILC asqtad ensembles with Nf = 2 + 1 flavors of sea quarks and lattice spacings ranging from a ≈ 0.15 fm down to 0.045 fm. The valence light quarks employ the asqtad action, whereas the heavy quarks are treated using the Fermilab action. We conclude with a discussion of future plans and phenomenological implications. When combined with experimental measurements of the decay rate, our calculation will enable a determination of the CKM matrix element |Vcb|.


2018 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 14010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon A. Bailey ◽  
Yong-Chull Jang ◽  
Weonjong Lee ◽  
Jaehoon Leem

The CKM matrix element |Vcb| can be extracted by combining data from experiments with lattice QCD results for the semileptonic form factors for the B̅ → D(*)lv̅ decays. The Oktay-Kronfeld (OK) action was designed to reduce heavy-quark discretization errors to below 1%, or through O(λ3) in HQET power counting. Here we describe recent progress on bottom-to-charm currents improved to the same order in HQET as the OK action, and correct formerly reported results of our matching calculations, in which the operator basis was incomplete.


2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (16) ◽  
pp. 3644-3647
Author(s):  
◽  
Vladimir Golubev

We report studies of semileptonic decays, B → Xcℓν, based on a sample of 88 million [Formula: see text] events recorded with the BABAR detector. We have measured four moments of the electron energy and hadronic mass distributions and determined the inclusive branching fraction, the CKM matrix element |Vcb|, and other heavy quark parameters, using Heavy Quark Expansions in the kinetic mass scheme. In addition, we have studied a large sample of B0 → D*-ℓ+ν decays and extracted the decay form factors and |Vcb|.


2008 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Aubert ◽  
M. Bona ◽  
D. Boutigny ◽  
Y. Karyotakis ◽  
J. P. Lees ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 82 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Dungel ◽  
C. Schwanda ◽  
I. Adachi ◽  
H. Aihara ◽  
T. Aushev ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Avital Dery ◽  
Mitrajyoti Ghosh ◽  
Yuval Grossman ◽  
Stefan Schacht

Abstract The K → μ+μ− decay is often considered to be uninformative of fundamental theory parameters since the decay is polluted by long-distance hadronic effects. We demonstrate that, using very mild assumptions and utilizing time-dependent interference effects, ℬ(KS → μ+μ−)ℓ=0 can be experimentally determined without the need to separate the ℓ = 0 and ℓ = 1 final states. This quantity is very clean theoretically and can be used to test the Standard Model. In particular, it can be used to extract the CKM matrix element combination $$ \mid {V}_{ts}{V}_{td}\sin \left(\beta +{\beta}_s\right)\mid \approx \mid {A}^2{\lambda}^5\overline{\eta}\mid $$ ∣ V ts V td sin β + β s ∣ ≈ ∣ A 2 λ 5 η ¯ ∣ with hadronic uncertainties below 1%.


2018 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 13008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuzhi Liu ◽  
Jon A. Bailey ◽  
A. Bazavov ◽  
C. Bernard ◽  
C. M. Bouchard ◽  
...  

Using the MILC 2+1 flavor asqtad quark action ensembles, we are calculating the form factors f0 and f+ for the semileptonic Bs → Kℓv decay. A total of six ensembles with lattice spacing from ≈ 0.12 to 0.06 fm are being used. At the coarsest and finest lattice spacings, the light quark mass m’l is one-tenth the strange quark mass m’s. At the intermediate lattice spacing, the ratio m’l/m’s ranges from 0.05 to 0.2. The valence b quark is treated using the Sheikholeslami-Wohlert Wilson-clover action with the Fermilab interpretation. The other valence quarks use the asqtad action. When combined with (future) measurements from the LHCb and Belle II experiments, these calculations will provide an alternate determination of the CKM matrix element |Vub|.


2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (07) ◽  
pp. 1550050 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Matsinos ◽  
G. Rasche

In a previous paper, we reported the results of a partial-wave analysis (PWA) of the pion–nucleon (πN) differential cross-sections (DCSs) of the CHAOS Collaboration and came to the conclusion that the angular distribution of their π+p data sets is incompatible with the rest of the modern (meson factory) database. The present work, re-addressing this issue, has been instigated by a number of recent improvements in our analysis, namely regarding the inclusion of the theoretical uncertainties when investigating the reproduction of experimental data sets on the basis of a given "theoretical" solution, modifications in the parametrization of the form factors of the proton and of the pion entering the electromagnetic part of the πN amplitude, and the inclusion of the effects of the variation of the σ-meson mass when fitting the ETH model of the πN interaction to the experimental data. The new analysis of the CHAOS DCSs confirms our earlier conclusions and casts doubt on the value for the πN Σ term, which Stahov, Clement and Wagner have extracted from these data.


2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (27) ◽  
pp. 1550162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qin Chang ◽  
Pan-Pan Li ◽  
Xiao-Hui Hu ◽  
Lin Han

Motivated by the experiments of heavy flavor physics at running LHC and upgrading SuperKEKB/Belle-II in the future, the nonleptonic [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] weak decays are studied in this paper. The amplitudes are calculated with factorization approach, and the transition form factors [Formula: see text] are evaluated within BSW model. With the reasonable approximation [Formula: see text], our predictions of branching fractions are presented. Numerically, the CKM-favored tree-dominated [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] decays have the largest branching fractions of the order [Formula: see text], and hence will be firstly observed by forthcoming Belle-II experiment. However, most of the other decay modes have the branching fractions [Formula: see text] and thus are hardly to be observed soon. Besides, for the possible detectable [Formula: see text] decays with branching fractions [Formula: see text], some useful ratios, such as [Formula: see text], etc. are presented and discussed in detail.


2013 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 392-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Hadfield ◽  
Valorie Ryan ◽  
Usha K Spaulding ◽  
Kristine M Clemens ◽  
Irene M Ota ◽  
...  

Abstract The RAZOR™ EX Anthrax Air Detection System was validated in a collaborative study for the detection of Bacillus anthracis in aerosol collection buffer. Phosphate-buffered saline was charged with 1 mg/mL standardized dust to simulate an authentic aerosol collection sample. The dust-charged buffer was spiked with either B. anthracis Ames at 2000 spores/mL or Bacillus cereus at 20 000 spores/mL. Twelve collaborators participated in the study, with four collaborators at each of three sites. Each collaborator tested 12 replicates of B. anthracis in dust-charged buffer and 12 replicates of B. cereus in dust-charged buffer. All samples sets were randomized and blind-coded. All collaborators produced valid data sets (no collaborators displayed systematic errors) and there was only one invalid data point. After unblinding, the analysis revealed a cross-collaborator probability of detection (CPOD) of 1.00 (144 positive results from 144 replicates, 95% confidence interval 0.975–1.00) for the B. anthracis samples and a CPOD of 0.00 (0 positive results from 143 replicates, 95% confidence interval 0.00–0.0262) for the B. cereus samples. These data meet the requirements of AOAC Standard Method Performance Requirement 2010.003, developed by the Stakeholder Panel on Agent Detection Assays.


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