On measuring the kinetic energy of the heavy quark inside B mesons

Jul, 1994
12 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 339 (1994) 160-166
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Report number:
  • TPI-MINN-94-25-T,
  • UMN-TH-1263-94,
  • UND-HEP-94-BIG07,
  • OUT-4102-51,
  • CERN-TH-7361-94

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Abstract:
We discuss how one can determine the average kinetic energy of the heavy quark inside heavy mesons from differential distributions in BB decays. A new, so-called third, sum rule for the bcb\rightarrow c transition is derived in the small velocity (SV) limit. Using this sum rule and the existing data on the momentum dependence in the BD B\rightarrow D~* transition (the slope of the Isgur-Wise function) we obtain a new lower bound on the parameter μπ 2=(2MB) 1Bbˉ(iD) 2bB\mu_\pi~2 = (2M_B)~{-1}\langle B |\bar b (i\vec{D})~2 b |B\rangle proportional to the average kinetic energy of bb quark inside BB meson. The existing data suggest μπ 2>0.4\mu_\pi~2 > 0.4GeV 2~2 and (from the ``optical'' sum rule) Λ>500\overline{\Lambda} > 500 MeV, albeit with some numerical uncertainties.
  • B: semileptonic decay
  • semileptonic decay: B
  • bottom: energy
  • sum rule
  • Isgur-Wise function: slope
  • momentum dependence
  • HQET model
  • numerical calculations: interpretation of experiments
  • B --> D*(2010) lepton antineutrino