Inclusive semileptonic B decays and the determination of |V(ub)|

Jul, 2007
35 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 10 (2007) 058
e-Print:
Report number:
  • DFTT-14-2007,
  • UND-HEP-07-BIG-06

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We study the triple differential distribution of B-> Xu l nu, consistently including all perturbative and non-perturbative effects through O(alphas^2 beta_0) and O(1/mb^3). The Fermi motion is parameterized in terms of a single light-cone function for each structure function and for any value of q^2, accounting for all subleading effects. We discuss the problems and uncertainties related to the high-q^2 tail and to Weak Annihilation effects. We work in the kinetic scheme, a framework characterized by a Wilsonian treatment with a hard cutoff mu ~ 1GeV. Our method is illustrated with the extraction of |V_ub| from some of the latest experimental data, providing a detailed estimate of the theoretical uncertainty.
  • B: semileptonic decay
  • decay: inclusive reaction
  • up
  • CKM matrix matrix
  • B: width
  • differential cross section
  • gluon: emission
  • perturbation theory
  • nonperturbative
  • operator product expansion