Semileptonic decays BD()lνB \to D^{(*)} l\nu in the perturbative QCD factorization approach

Jan, 2013
12 pages
Published in:
  • Chin.Sci.Bull. 59 (2014) 125-132
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Abstract: (arXiv)
In this paper, we study the BD()lνˉlB \to D^{(*)} l^- \bar{\nu}_{\rm l} semileptonic decays and calculate the branching ratios B(BD()lνˉl){\cal B}(B \to D^{(*)} l^- \bar{\nu}_{\rm l}) and the ratios R(D())R(D^{(*)}) and RDl,τR_{\rm D}^{\rm l,\tau} by employing the perturbative QCD (pQCD) factorization approach. We find that (a) for R(D)R(D) and R(D)R(D^*) ratios, the pQCD predictions are R(D)=0.4300.026+0.021R(D)=0.430^{+0.021}_{-0.026}, R(D)=0.301±0.013R(D^*)=0.301 \pm 0.013 and agree well with BaBar's measurements of R(D())R(D^{(*)}); (b) for the newly defined RDlR_{\rm D}^{\rm l} and RDτR_{\rm D}^{\rm \tau} ratios, the pQCD predictions are RDl=0.4500.051+0.064R_{\rm D}^{\rm l} = 0.450^{+0.064}_{-0.051} and RDτ=0.6420.070+0.081R_{\rm D}^{\rm \tau} =0.642^{+0.081}_{-0.070}, which may be more sensitive to the QCD dynamics of the considered semileptonic decays than R(D())R(D^{(*)}) and should be tested by experimental measurements.
Note:
  • 13 pages, 2 ps figures, 3 tables. Final version published in Chinese Science Bulletin
  • 12.38.Bx
  • 13.25.Hw
  • 14.40.Nd
  • quantum chromodynamics: perturbation theory
  • B: semileptonic decay
  • factorization
  • BaBar
  • numerical calculations
  • B: branching ratio
  • form factor