Precise predictions for semileptonic decays
Abstract
We calculate the $${\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{b}\ {\rightarrow}{\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{c}\ {\ell}\ {\nu}$$ form factors and decay rates for all possible $$b\ {\rightarrow}c\ {\ell}\overline{\ {\nu}}$$ four-Fermi interactions beyond the Standard Model, including nonzero charged lepton masses and terms up to order $${\ {\alpha}}_{s}{\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{\mathrm{QCD}}/{m}_{c,b}$$ and $${\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{\mathrm{QCD}}^{2}/{m}_{c}^{2}$$ in the heavy quark effective theory. At this order, we obtain model independent predictions for semileptonic $${\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{b}\ {\rightarrow}{\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{c}$$ decays in terms of only two unknown sub-subleading Isgur-Wise functions, which can be determined from fitting LHCb and lattice QCD data. We thus obtain model independent results for $${\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{b}\ {\rightarrow}{\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{c}\ {\ell}\overline{\ {\nu}}$$ decays, including predictions for the ratio $$R({\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{c})=\mathcal{B}({\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{b}\ {\rightarrow}{\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{c}\ {\tau}\overline{\ {\nu}})/\mathcal{B}({\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{b}\ {\rightarrow}{\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{c}\ {\mu}\overline{\ {\nu}})$$ in the presence of new physics, that are more precise than prior results in the literature, and systematically improvable with better data on the decays with $$\ {\mu}$$ (or $$e$$) in the final state. We also explore tests of factorization in $${\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{b}\ {\rightarrow}{\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{c}\ {\pi}$$ decays, and we emphasize the importance of measuring at LHCb the double differential rate $${d}^{2}\mathrm{\ {\Gamma}}({\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{b}\ {\rightarrow}{\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{c}\ {\ell}\overline{\ {\nu}})/(d{q}^{2}d\mathrm{cos}\ {\theta})$$, in addition to the $${q}^{2}$$ spectrum.
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); DFG
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1498808
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1632126
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; PHY-1720252; PHY-1607611; BE 6075/1-1
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 99 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
Citation Formats
Bernlochner, Florian U., Ligeti, Zoltan, Robinson, Dean J., and Sutcliffe, William L.. Precise predictions for Λ b → Λ c semileptonic decays. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.055008.
Bernlochner, Florian U., Ligeti, Zoltan, Robinson, Dean J., & Sutcliffe, William L.. Precise predictions for Λ b → Λ c semileptonic decays. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.055008
Bernlochner, Florian U., Ligeti, Zoltan, Robinson, Dean J., and Sutcliffe, William L.. Mon .
"Precise predictions for Λ b → Λ c semileptonic decays". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.055008.
@article{osti_1498808,
title = {Precise predictions for Λ b → Λ c semileptonic decays},
author = {Bernlochner, Florian U. and Ligeti, Zoltan and Robinson, Dean J. and Sutcliffe, William L.},
abstractNote = {We calculate the ${\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{b}\ {\rightarrow}{\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{c}\ {\ell}\ {\nu}$ form factors and decay rates for all possible $b\ {\rightarrow}c\ {\ell}\overline{\ {\nu}}$ four-Fermi interactions beyond the Standard Model, including nonzero charged lepton masses and terms up to order ${\ {\alpha}}_{s}{\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{\mathrm{QCD}}/{m}_{c,b}$ and ${\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{\mathrm{QCD}}^{2}/{m}_{c}^{2}$ in the heavy quark effective theory. At this order, we obtain model independent predictions for semileptonic ${\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{b}\ {\rightarrow}{\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{c}$ decays in terms of only two unknown sub-subleading Isgur-Wise functions, which can be determined from fitting LHCb and lattice QCD data. We thus obtain model independent results for ${\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{b}\ {\rightarrow}{\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{c}\ {\ell}\overline{\ {\nu}}$ decays, including predictions for the ratio $R({\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{c})=\mathcal{B}({\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{b}\ {\rightarrow}{\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{c}\ {\tau}\overline{\ {\nu}})/\mathcal{B}({\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{b}\ {\rightarrow}{\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{c}\ {\mu}\overline{\ {\nu}})$ in the presence of new physics, that are more precise than prior results in the literature, and systematically improvable with better data on the decays with $\ {\mu}$ (or $e$) in the final state. We also explore tests of factorization in ${\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{b}\ {\rightarrow}{\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{c}\ {\pi}$ decays, and we emphasize the importance of measuring at LHCb the double differential rate ${d}^{2}\mathrm{\ {\Gamma}}({\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{b}\ {\rightarrow}{\mathrm{\ {\Lambda}}}_{c}\ {\ell}\overline{\ {\nu}})/(d{q}^{2}d\mathrm{cos}\ {\theta})$, in addition to the ${q}^{2}$ spectrum.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.99.055008},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 5,
volume = 99,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {3}
}
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.055008
Web of Science
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