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Abstract: (arXiv)
We present a non-perturbative calculation of the form factors which contribute to the amplitudes for the radiative decays PνˉγP\to \ell \bar \nu_\ell \gamma, where PP is a pseudoscalar meson and \ell is a charged lepton. Together with the non-perturbative determination of the virtual photon corrections to the processes PνˉP\to \ell \bar \nu_\ell, this will allow accurate predictions to be made at O(αem)O(\alpha_{em}) for leptonic decay rates for pseudoscalar mesons ranging from the pion to the BB meson. We are able to separate unambiguously the point-like contribution, the square of which leads to the infrared divergence in the decay rate, from the structure dependent, infrared-safe, terms in the amplitude. The fully non-perturbative, O(a)O(a) improved calculation of the inclusive leptonic decay rates will lead to significantly improved precision in the determination of the corresponding Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix elements. Precise predictions for the emission of a hard photon are also very interesting, especially for the decays of heavy DD and BB mesons for which currently only model-dependent predictions are available to compare with existing experimental data.
  • photon: emission
  • photon: virtual
  • nonperturbative
  • leptonic decay
  • decay rate
  • pseudoscalar meson
  • meson
  • infrared problem
  • radiative decay
  • form factor