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Title: Constrained second-order power corrections in HQET: R ( D ( * ) ) , | V c b | , and new physics

Journal Article · · Physical Review D

We postulate a supplemental power counting within the heavy quark effective theory (HQET) that results in a small, highly constrained set of second-order power corrections, compared to the standard approach. We determine all B¯→D(*) form factors, both within and beyond the standard model to O(αs/mc,b,1/m$$^{2}_{c,b}$$), under truncation by this power counting. We show that the second-order power corrections to the zero-recoil normalization of the B¯→D(*)lν matrix elements (l = e, μ, τ) are fully determined by hadron mass parameters and are in good agreement with lattice QCD (LQCD) predictions. We develop a parametrization of these form factors under the postulated truncation, that achieves excellent fits to the available LQCD predictions and experimental data, and we provide precise updated predictions for the B¯→D(*)τν¯ decay rates, lepton flavor universality violation ratios R(D(*)), and the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element |Vcb|. We point out some apparent errors in prior literature concerning the O(1/mcmb) corrections and note a tension between commonly used simplified dispersive bounds and current data.

Research Organization:
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0011632; AC02-05CH11231; PHY-1607611
OSTI ID:
1898955
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1901969
Journal Information:
Physical Review D, Journal Name: Physical Review D Vol. 106 Journal Issue: 9; ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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